For Bayrou, a blockade on September 10 cannot be the answer to the budgetary crisis

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Prime Minister François Bayrou believes, in confidences to the Sunday press, that the blockade of the country on September 10 , advocated by groups on social networks, cannot be "the answer" to the budgetary crisis, while one of his ministers denounces the "cynicism" of LFI which supports these calls .

"Everyone has the right to protest, but I do not believe that, faced with such a crisis, the response of the French can be to block the country," he declared in comments reported by " La Tribune Dimanche ".

"The country is facing great risks, look, we're going to block it! How can we defend that?" he also asks in " Le Parisien ".

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François Bayrou, who will hold a back-to-school press conference on Monday at 4 p.m. , faces a threat of censorship from the left and the National Rally over his budget proposals. He must also face calls to shut down the country on September 10.

"The extension of the mobilization of the "Nicolas""

Jean-Luc Mélenchon's La France Insoumise (LFI) was the first to decide to support the "Block Everything" movement, quickly followed by other left-wing parties. Minister for Relations with Parliament Patrick Mignola said he was surprised that the left supported a movement launched, according to him, to denounce the tax burden on working people, those who identify with the slogan "It's Nicolas who pays" which has flourished in recent months.

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"At its source, the September 10 movement appeared as an extension of the mobilization of the "Nicolas" ," he said in the " Journal du dimanche " (JDD). "I can only be surprised that Jean-Luc Mélenchon, who proposes exactly the opposite, has proclaimed himself its leader: it is both the expression of an immense cynicism and of his undeniable talent for recovery," he declared.

During his movement's summer universities, Jean-Luc Mélenchon expressed the hope that the actions of September 10 would become a "general strike."

François Bayrou, who is proposing budgetary savings of nearly €44 billion by 2026, hopes that dialogue with political parties and parliamentary debate can still allow him to escape censorship. He told AFP: