Overview

• Olivier Pérou, a Le Monde journalist and co‑author of the investigative book La Meute, was denied accreditation to LFI’s summer university, prompting Le Monde’s director to denounce an obstacle to press freedom.
• LFI justified the ban by alleging defamation and fabricated information in the book, while saying other Le Monde reporters were welcome to cover the event.
• Libération withdrew its correspondent from the gathering in protest, as journalist groups and several outlets publicly condemned LFI’s decision.
• At Amfis, Jean‑Luc Mélenchon called for a nationwide work stoppage on 10 September, framing it as a step toward filing a motion of censure against Prime Minister François Bayrou on 23 September.
• The decentralized ‘Bloquons tout’ network has drawn backing from LFI, Ecologists, Communists and later Socialists, while the CGT and Force Ouvrière plan internal meetings next week as union leaders signal caution about the mobilization.