France’s Private Doctors Keep January Strike Call, Plan Paris Protest

Overview

• All six representative unions, joined by interns’ and young doctors’ groups, confirmed practice closures from 5 January and a Paris demonstration on 10 January.
• The decision follows the Assembly’s adoption of the 2026 social-security budget, with some contested clauses dropped but core points of contention left in place.
• Doctors object to fines for failing to use or consult the shared medical record (DMP), with Le Bloc’s leader claiming potential penalties could reach €25,000 per doctor.
• Union leaders warn the text still enables an authoritative reduction of certain technical-act tariffs by Assurance maladie and oppose an anti-fraud bill that would impose prescribing targets for sick leave.
• Le Bloc is organizing an ‘exile’ to Brussels starting 11 January to avoid possible requisitions, and its president says about 2,000 operating-room practitioners have registered.