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Left-wing and trade union groups plan strikes and blockades on Sept 10 to oppose austerity budget, with intelligence estimating up to 100,000 participants nationwide.
- On September 10, 2025, the Bloquons Tout movement plans a nationwide shutdown aiming to paralyse France with strikes, blockades and demonstrations two days after the Assemblée Nationale confidence vote involving Prime Minister François Bayrou, with French intelligence estimating up to 100,000 participants.
- The movement emerged online in July and has been likened to the Yellow Vests, driven by anger at the 2026 austerity budget including elimination of two public holidays and pension freezes.
- La France Insoumise and allied unions coordinate general assemblies with the NPA, CGT, and Solidaires as electrical and gas industry workers strike renewably since Sept. 2, advocating factory occupations and a general strike.
- Domestic intelligence warns potential blockades could threaten transport, energy and defence sites, while the French interior minister vows 'utmost firmness' against shutdown protests and an Interior Ministry official highlights possible mobilisation shifts after the September 8 vote.
- French authorities say officials and screenshots flagged influence activity from pro-government media in Azerbaijan, Russia, Turkey, Iran and Algeria, while the strongest protest drive is in Nantes, Rennes, Toulouse, Lyon and Bordeaux.
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Disturbations should take place throughout France, even in its most remote corners. The authorities struggle to anticipate what awaits the country, in the face of a movement that is not quite legible in its demands as in its possible actions. ...
The call to "lock everything" is gaining ground in the department, with collectives, unions and parties calling for a day of action on Wednesday, September 10, especially in Auch.
The movement, which will mobilize on September 10th, calls for the emptying of its accounts and only paying in especies. An inedite initiative that could quickly find its limits.
A way of protesting the banking system and the extra costs it brings to consumers and traders. In order to join the movement, some restaurateurs have decided to offer a discount to their customers if they pay in cash. - "Let's block everything": how some restauraters will support the movement of September 10 (Economy).
'Block Everything': French intelligence anticipates unrest on September 10 but no 'tidal wave'
The 'Block Everything' movement could count up to 100,000 participants, with strong turnout expected in left-wing and radical left strongholds such as the Nantes, Rennes and Lyon regions.
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