Overview

• In a tribune, Jean‑Luc Mélenchon and LFI leaders vowed to file an immediate censure motion and urged an extraordinary National Assembly session.
• The party endorsed the decentralized “Bloquons tout” initiative, an online campaign calling for a nationwide stoppage on 10 September in response to budget austerity.
• Organizers’ messages promote demands such as scrapping Bayrou’s plan, higher wages and pensions, and tactics ranging from strikes to boycotts and voluntary confinement.
• Force Ouvrière filed a strike notice starting 1 September and CGT Mines‑Énergies called a strike from 2 September, with several CGT structures signaling mobilization around 10 September and hospital walkouts under consideration.
• LFI’s Manuel Bompard rejected claims of a far‑right origin and urged participation, while analysts highlight the movement’s heterogeneous networks and officials caution that large‑scale disruption remains uncertain.