Overview

• Madrid regional president Isabel Díaz Ayuso attended the UAH ceremony as planned despite a student-led demonstration at the gates.
• Protesters, including union members, shouted “sionista” on her arrival, while counter-supporters waved Spanish flags and chanted her name.
• Organizers highlighted what they called severe underfunding of public universities and criticized the Complutense’s requested €34 million loan as a temporary patch.
• Students say the loan could undermine UCM’s autonomy, and the regional government is expected to grant the request.
• Ayuso reiterated that politics should not enter classrooms as her team castigated the organizers and likened a government delegate to “kale borroka,” against the backdrop of reports on bans of pro‑Palestine symbols in schools.