The establishment has failed France so "Let's block everything": An analysis

The Greek Courier 

By Yiannis Damellos

With Lecornu for PM, Macron caters again to presidential monarchy and the privileged

By naming ally Sébastien Lecornu as the new French Prime Minister, Emmanuel Macron is once again embracing de Gaulle's vision of presidential monarchy, prioritizing the interests of the privileged few and the machinery of war. Yet, there are forces within the political spectrum that have their own plans for the future of France.

It is unclear what was on Emmanuel Macron's mind when he appointed Sébastien Lecornu, his Minister of the Armed Forces for the past three years, as the new French Prime Minister. Apart from the fact that Lecornu is one of the few allies still at his disposal, he has also spent the past three years focusing on France's response to Russia's war in Ukraine. The Elysée Palace stated that Lecornu has been tasked with consulting political parties to adopt France's next budget. However, pushing through a budget as the head of a minority government was precisely what led to Bayrou's downfall; it is no wonder that his appointment has drawn condemnation from both left and far-right opponents.

Using verbose titles and bourgeois political jargon, Lecornu wrote on social media that he had been entrusted by the president with "building a government with clear direction: defending French independence and strength, serving the French people, and ensuring political and institutional stability for the unity of the country."

It is preposterous to declare that French independence is in danger, yet politicians often resort to such tactics to scare the vulnerable populace. However, questions of French unity and economic stability are the trillion-euro issues at hand. Lecornu's immediate task is to tackle France's spiraling public debt, which reached €3.3 trillion (£2.8 trillion) earlier this year and represents 114% of the country's economic output (GDP). His predecessor, Bayrou, proposed €44 billion in budget cuts, and his decision to put his plans to a vote of confidence resulted in his failure. Ultimately, France's National Assembly decided to oust his government by 364 votes to 194. There goes the unity! The only satisfied parties with that proposal or Lecornu's appointment are Macron's centrist allies, such as Marc Fesneau from Bayrou's MoDem party, who called on every political force to reach a compromise "for the stability of the country and its recovery, especially its budget."

But Fesneau is just one of the remaining centrist figures lamenting the failing Macron presidency. The vast majority of French representatives were unimpressed with Lecornu's appointment; Jean-Luc Mélenchon of the radical left France Unbowed complained that nothing had changed and that it was time for Macron to depart from the Elysée Palace. Mélenchon is fully aware of what €44 billion in cuts can do to the working class. He dreams of a social movement storming the Bastille, which would be quite a spectacle, as Debor would say.

The center-left was unimpressed as well, especially after Olivier Faure of the Socialists, who had offered his services to Macron the night before, never received the long-awaited phone call. However, Édouard Philippe, who was Macron's first prime minister from 2017 to 2020, believes Lecornu must find a way to bring the Socialists on board. He thought it was certainly possible to find a majority and necessary, as without a compromise on a budget deal, a fresh political crisis would erupt, making new elections inevitable.

Lurking in the shadows, far-right figure Marine Le Pen stated that the president is "giving Macronism its last shot from his bunker, along with his small circle of loyalists." Ironically, a pro-Netanyahu neo-Nazi like Le Pen draws such parallels with her ideological patron's last days to describe the end of Macron's presidency. She must be quite frustrated after losing two elections to a megalomaniacal dwarf!

The 3 institutional choices et Les Bloquons Tout

The French have three choices plus one: the Radical Left, the authoritarian Far-Right, and the Oligarchic and Privileged Centre. These are their institutional choices. There is a fourth alternative: Les Bloquons Tout!

Out of the 3 institutional choices, the first one is my favorite by far. It serves the people and the working class and will heavily tax the rich to pay off the national debt. (Bernie Sanders and AOC would be pleased across the Atlantic). The establishment, however, would go into a frenzy. Fitch, for example, wants to ensure this does not happen, as it plans to reassess France's debts and could raise borrowing costs if it downgrades its rating from AA-. The rich establishment and the European Central Bank would be scared to death. So would arms dealers and Netanyahu's government. Trump would be devastated; he might even declare war on France to secure another term as president. LOL.

The other two choices are disasters. Le Pen is a neo-fascist pig with a smoke-screen hat. She belongs to the same brand of French people who collaborated with the Nazis, although she tries to distance herself from her father's past. Her allegiance to Netanyahu's killing regime, her hate for all immigrants, proves that beyond any doubt. Once a fascist, always a fascist.

Now, the centrists with Macron present the main problem. They have always been the kind of people who paved the way for the far right by siphoning wealth from the public and giving it to the oligarchy. They are the most dangerous, the capitalist breed: greedy, egocentric, and uninterested in the needs of the many. They exploit local workers and immigrants alike and are responsible for the national debt's current level, having cut taxes for the rich while heavily taxing the middle class, slashing social services, and devoting vast sums to armaments and the glory of France.

And last but not least comes a grassroots movement called Bloquons Tout—"Let's Block Everything"—which is planning widespread anti-government protests on Wednesday, with authorities preparing to deploy 80,000 police.

This movement arose in response to the Bayrou government's proposed 2026 budget, which aims to cut €43.8 billion from public spending. The budget includes controversial measures such as the removal of two national holidays, a freeze on pensions, and significant cuts to healthcare. The slogan "Boycott, disobedience, and solidarity" (Boycott, désobéissance et solidarité) has begun circulating on social media platforms like X (formerly Twitter), TikTok, Telegram, and Facebook, coalescing around the hashtags #10septembre2025 and #10septembre.

Commentators have noted both similarities and differences between Bloquons Tout and the earlier Yellow Vests movement. While both are grassroots movements that originated on social media, a study by sociologist Antoine Bristielle found that Bloquons Tout supporters are generally younger, more aligned with the political left, and more focused on collective interests and environmental concerns.

I love France. It has always been the epicenter of political earthquakes, and I hope it will once again be a beacon of revolutionary action, provided the bourgeois class does not betray the country and hand it over to Le Pen and her Nazi hordes.