Born online, the movement 'Bloquons Tout' – “Let's Block Everything” – is aiming to bring France to a standstill on 10 September, reports RFI.
The movement is a protest against Prime Minister François Bayrou’s 2026 budget, unveiled in mid-July, as well as the proposed scrapping of two public holidays – 8 May and Easter Monday – and the planned pension freeze, as well as wider cuts to public services.
It has also voiced demands for fairer taxation, calling for an economic reset that better supports ordinary workers and middle-class households.
With its origins elusive and its activity so far mostly limited to the online sphere, questions have been raised over whether Bloquons Tout will emerge as a genuine protest movement.
RFI put this question to Elliot Lepers, a political communications adviser who has been following the movement, and Quentin Ravelli, a sociologist at the French National Centre for Scientific Research.