Overview
- Around 2,000 private surgeons, anesthetists and obstetricians left Paris for a three‑day symbolic stay in Brussels organized by Avenir Spé–Le BLOC.
- Private clinics are shutting operating theatres from Monday to Wednesday, with roughly 100,000 scheduled procedures deferred while urgent care is maintained.
- Organisers say 1,936 doctors registered for the trip but several hundred were requisitioned by prefects and could not participate.
- The protest targets elements of the 2026 health‑financing package such as possible unilateral tariff‑setting by Assurance Maladie, tighter sick‑leave prescribing targets and stricter oversight of fee overruns.
- The Federation of Private Hospitals warns half of clinics face structural deficits and urges a government meeting as unions draft about ten proposals for Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu.