{"id":1571167,"date":"2025-09-11T11:20:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T15:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/?p=1571167"},"modified":"2025-09-11T11:20:00","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T15:20:00","slug":"france-in-flames-as-the-block-everything-protest-movement-sweeps-the-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/france-in-flames-as-the-block-everything-protest-movement-sweeps-the-country\/1571167\/","title":{"rendered":"France In Flames As The ‘Block Everything’ Protest Movement Sweeps The Country"},"content":{"rendered":"

France In Flames As The ‘Block Everything’ Protest Movement Sweeps The Country<\/span><\/p>\n

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Authored by Rick Moran via PJMedia.com,<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

France and its hapless President Emmanuel Macron are in deep trouble…<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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On Monday, Macron’s government failed to survive a “no-confidence” vote as the country spiraled into crisis. What’s most worrying for Macron is that the vote wasn’t even close. Prime Minister\u00a0Fran\u00e7ois Bayrou<\/a>\u00a0was dumped overwhelmingly in a 364-194 vote. At issue: Bayrou’s sensible but unpopular notion that France had to cut spending to address a growing debt crisis.<\/p>\n

“Sensible” and “socialism” don’t ordinarily go hand in hand. <\/strong>Thus, in office only since December, Bayrou was given an unceremonious heave-ho.<\/p>\n

Macron turned to an old ally to replace Bayrou. He named departing defense minister S\u00e9bastien Lecornu to be the fourth prime minister of Macron’s government this year.<\/p>\n

Lecornu is the only minister to have been in every government since 2017. He has his work cut out for him. He has to pass a budget by year’s end and deal with a growing protest movement that will fight tooth and nail to prevent Macron’s “austerity budget” from passing.<\/p>\n

Macron gambled and called for a “snap” election last year,<\/strong> hoping to increase his slim parliamentary majority. It failed miserably when the\u00a0populists and the far left<\/a>\u00a0made significant gains. <\/strong>Now, the streets are full of angry Frenchmen, and the nation’s stability is in question.<\/p>\n

NBC News:<\/a><\/p>\n

Protesters set fires as they blocked highways and gas stations across\u00a0France<\/a>\u00a0early Wednesday as part of a new nationwide movement. Authorities deployed 80,000 police, who made hundreds of arrests and fired tear gas to disperse crowds.<\/p>\n

The “Block Everything” movement was born online over the summer in far-right circles, but spread on social media and was co-opted by left-wing, antifascist and anarchist groups. It now includes France\u2019s far-left parties and the country\u2019s powerful labor unions.<\/p>\n

Their joint day of unrest adds to the country\u2019s political turmoil, after the collapse of centrist President Emmanuel Macron\u2019s government earlier this week in a similar backlash over proposed budget cuts and broader anger at the political class.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u203c\ufe0f Massive riots taking place in France as Macron weighs suspending social media to stem the tide.<\/p>\n

France\u2019s government has imploded.
pic.twitter.com\/XkyqreoTGZ<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Graham Banks Cull (@1GrahamDaily) September 10, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n

France is fed up. Streets are blocked, people are angry, cops are everywhere. Macron\u2019s govt already collapsed and the chaos keeps growing.<\/p>\n

This isn\u2019t protest anymore, it\u2019s rebellion. #BloquonsTout<\/a> #protesters<\/a> #MacronDemission<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/kyVFsXpsar<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Maverick Ops (@maverick2886) September 10, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n

The far left, the largest bloc in parliament, wants Macron’s scalp.<\/strong> Jean-Luc M\u00e9lenchon, the longtime leader of the far-left party France Unbowed, said, \u201cOnly the departure of Macron himself can put an end to this sad comedy of contempt for Parliament, voters and political decency.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jordan Bardella, the president of the populist National Rally, said his party would give Lecornu the benefit of the doubt and refuse to join the far left in attempting to oust him. But Bardella wasn’t enamored of Lecornu.<\/p>\n

\u201cEmmanuel Macron\u2019s motto: you don\u2019t change a losing team,\u201d <\/strong><\/em>Bardella\u00a0wrote on social media<\/a>. \u201cHow could a loyal supporter of the President break with the policy he has been pursuing for eight years?\u201d<\/p>\n

In the capital Paris, groups gathered and set up barricades at several entry points to the city. Demonstrations were expected to continue throughout the day, with travel disrupted as some of the main transport unions joined the strike.<\/p>\n

Hundreds remained gathered outside Gare du Nord, one of the city’s main train stations, despite earlier attempts from police to disperse the crowds with tear gas.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are here, even if Macron doesn\u2019t want us, we are here,\u201d they chanted.<\/p>\n

There were dramatic scenes outside a high school in eastern Paris, where police clashed with dozens of students who had blocked entry to the building.<\/p>\n

French political observers believe it’s only a matter of time before Macron will be forced to call for another snap election.<\/strong> This would please both the left and the right, who believe they can gain a majority in parliament. The result of another snap election will probably be the same as the last: a hung parliament and more unrest in the streets.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span>
\nThu, 09\/11\/2025 – 07:20<\/span><\/p>\n

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