“We are being financially destroyed, so there is no other option than to take tough action,” says LSVb chairman Abdelkader Karbache. According to him, many students are shocked by the 150 euros less from the basic grant. “And that while we are dealing with the largest rent increases in 30 years, tuition fees that are going up by 10 percent and a student interest rate that has more than doubled our student debts,” says Karbache. “And the icing on the cake is that this cabinet wants to introduce a long-term study fine.”