Overview

• Speaking at LFI’s summer gathering, Jean‑Luc Mélenchon urged a nationwide work stoppage on 10 September to turn the planned day of blockades into a general strike.
• Mélenchon tied the mobilisation to a censure motion he said would be filed around 23 September targeting Prime Minister François Bayrou over the 2026 austerity budget.
• The online‑born “Bloquons tout” call has gained endorsements from LFI, the Greens, the Communists and the Socialists, with CGT and FO set to decide actions next week and SUD‑Rail already urging a mass walkout.
• La France insoumise refused accreditation to Le Monde reporter Olivier Pérou, prompting condemnations from multiple newsrooms and leading Libération to withdraw its correspondent from the event.
• Greens leader Marine Tondelier pressed for a single left candidate for 2027 at a Strasbourg rally, but Mélenchon and Raphaël Glucksmann have so far resisted unitary plans as parties also eye contentious 2026 municipal races.