The Bloquons-tout movement calls for a nationwide stay-at-home action on September 10th that would stop work, shopping, schools and leisure. Some participants demand state payments for indefinite bed-ins while others plan a single-day protest. The movement began in May on a Far Right, anti-EU, anti-Macron, pro-Russian social media account and has spread to elements of the extreme Left. Popularity surged after Prime Minister Francois Bayrou proposed 44 billion in spending cuts, tax increases and suggested abolishing two bank holidays. The movement mirrors the 2018 Gilets Jaunes in social-media incubation, leaderless organization and rejection of parties and unions.
We are shutting up shop. We refuse to produce, to consume, to run, to servewhen the country is brought to a halt, the real power will appear. It is in our hands. The first demand of the more radical Bloquers is to be paid by the state for staying in bed indefinitely. Others, less ambitious, seem to envisage only a one-day protest.
The movement began in May in a Far Right, anti-EU, anti-Macron, pro-Russian account on social media. It has since spread to elements of the extreme Left. The online popularity of the idea has exploded since the Prime Minister Francois Bayrou called last month for radical action to reduce France's runaway budget deficit. He has proposed 44 billion in spending cuts and increased taxes in 2026
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