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Universities Reject Ministry’s Antisemitism Survey as Methodology and Privacy Concerns Escalate

University leaders refuse to circulate the questionnaire after complaints over design, data protection, political framing.

Overview

  • The Higher Education Ministry commissioned Cevipof with Ifop to run a 44‑page online study launched on November 18 to gauge antisemitism in higher education.
  • France Universités told the ministry it will not relay the questionnaire, citing problems with its conception and questions that have unsettled campus communities.
  • Unions and rights groups, including Snesup‑FSU and the LDH, denounced the exercise as potentially unlawful under public‑service neutrality and GDPR, urging its withdrawal.
  • The form asks for detailed identifiers and tests sensitive views on Jews and the Israel–Palestine conflict, and it is accessible via a public link, fueling re‑identification and eligibility concerns.
  • Cevipof and Sciences Po defend a standard methodology and pledge respondent anonymity, saying Ifop alone handles individual data as the ministry reviews data‑collection conditions.