Pressemitteilung

Free University of Berlin, 17.02.2025

Last week, the president of the so-called "Free" University of Berlin, Günter Ziegler, announced that the event "Conditions of Life Calculated to Destroy: Legal and Forensic Perspectives on the Ongoing Gaza Genocide" featuring Francesca Albanese would not be allowed to take place in person on the university campus. The General Student Committee (AStA) of the "Free" University is outraged by this decision and is organizing an alternative event at the scheduled time to take academic exchange into its own hands.

The General Student Committee (AStA) of the so-called Freie Universität Berlin sharply criticizes the cuts of 440 million euros in the student BAföG decided by the Bundestag.

Last week, the Bundestag passed cuts in the budget for university student's BAföG by around 24 percent and for high school student's BAföG by around 28 percent with the government's draft for the 2024 federal budget. This was justified by Finance Minister Christian Lindner with the calculated real funding volume in 2024.