Catnip

Union to have French “President” and “Prime Minister”

Imperial College Union have decided to re-restructure the sabbatical officer positions following recent developments in French politics. Seeing the resounding success of President Emmanuel Macron, the Union will now just have a President, who they will shuffle out for ceremonial reasons, and a prime minister, who will be replaced every one to three months. 

The Union will “retire” all current sabbatical officers, with a spokesperson for the Union saying, “we’ll take them to a nice farm upstate, now they’ve all graduated.” The move was unilaterally voted in by the Union Council and ratified at the Union’s Board of Trustees earlier this month.

The French government welcomed the news, telling NegaFelix that they were glad people finally appreciated the fact that the government collapsing several times in the past year was actually really for representative democracy and no cause for alarm. “In fact, it may help speed up Union processes, especially how long it takes the Activities team to approve things,” President Macron said in a press statement. “I’m finally overjoyed that we have some good press for once.”

From Issue 1877

10 Oct 2025

Discover stories from this section and more in the list of contents

Explore the edition

Read more

Climate justice for a just world

Environment

Climate justice for a just world

In mainstream discussions on climate change, there is a tendency to focus on the environmental dimensions of the issue. Increasingly, however, there is greater recognition of the need to place equal emphasis on human impacts, notably in relation to under-recognised and vulnerable groups in society affected by social injustices

By Anita Punwani
Hugh Brady to remain College President until 2030

News

Hugh Brady to remain College President until 2030

Professor Hugh Brady’s term as President of Imperial has been extended by three years until August 2030, following a unanimous approval by the College Council. In an email to students and staff, Council Chair Vindi Banga said a Search Committee commissioned in February found “extensive support for this extension”

By Guillaume Felix