Overview

• Speaking at LFI’s summer universities, Jean‑Luc Mélenchon urged a general strike on 10 September to support the online‑born “Bloquons tout” movement and to help bring down Prime Minister François Bayrou’s government, saying a censure motion will be filed on 23 September.
• In Strasbourg, Greens leader Marine Tondelier gathered figures from PS, PCF, Place Publique and ex‑Insoumis circles to push a process leading to a single left candidacy for 2027 set in motion by Lucie Castets in July.
• Most parties present at the Greens’ meeting said they will vote to censure Bayrou during the 2026 budget debate, reflecting shared opposition to planned spending cuts despite differing electoral strategies.
• Unions including the CGT and Force ouvrière are debating whether to join the 10 September action, with CGT expressing caution about the protest’s amorphous origins even as a poll finds 63% public support for the call to block the country.
• LFI denied accreditation to Le Monde journalist Olivier Pérou at its event, drawing rebukes from multiple newsrooms and prompting Libération to withdraw its reporter in protest.