The Spanish university, locked to demand a referendum on the plan Bologna

Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, Seville, Zaragoza, Granada, ... Hundreds of students are locked into their universities to stop the introduction of the European Higher Education Area (EHEA). They demand the holding of a referendum binding on the entire university community on what is known as' Bologna process'.

Mobilizing students against Bologna is not new, but in recent days has taken a step further and "is growing." Of the demonstrations has been passed to the sit-ins. Everything to curb a model which damages the level of the university and its price rises, according to a spokesman for the Assembly of Students Against Bologna Madrid.

A student reads the claims during confinement in the Complutense de Madrid . (Photo: Gonzalo Arroyo)

The main demand of the students is holding a binding referendum on the entire university community. They want a say. They demand the right to decide whether to stop, continue or modify "the process of restructuring all the qualifications. "It's a requirement to the Ministry of Education," said the spokesman.

Several hundred students were locked Wednesday in the Rector of the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, the largest in Spain. A day later, have met with the chancellor, Carlos Berzosa. They have not reached any agreement, but again found the same Friday. Students will have moved the need to be heard and you have been asked to carry their petitions to a larger body. According to them, the chancellor has said that they must respect the institutions and "has to consult, take the advice of government, the holding of a referendum or not."

Meanwhile, the confinement "indefinitely" at the Complutense passes with "tranquility". There, between sleeping bags and leftover food, was received with joy the initiative of their colleagues in the Autonomous Region of Madrid followed in their footsteps and lock.

"The movement is growing." "They are creating new assemblies", not only in Madrid, and is expected to flow contrary to Bologna mobilize and win support.

These assemblies

'anti-Bologna' have an appointment this weekend in Valencia for "coordinated" and "create working conditions at the state level." Is looking for a "unified discourse" and a list of demands "only". The union of the assemblies of students could be in a single web reference, a place to put all the voices now dispersed and strengthen their message.