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| Macron faces La Fin: Calls for president to follow PM and quit or be impeached as France spirals into crisis amid fears nationwide strikes will become 'day of insurrection' | ||
| 2025-09-09 | ||
| [Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Crisis-hit France is on the verge of mass civil unrest with some warning of an insurrection after the surprise collapse of President Emmanuel Macron's government on Monday. French Prime Minister François Bayrou lost a confidence vote of MPs over his austerity budget, plunging the country into political turbulence as it teeters on the brink of economic crisis over spiralling debt. Now, politicians and the police are bracing for further chaos on Wednesday as a national day of disruption organised by furious anti-Macron protesters threatens to bring the divided nation to a total standstill. Called Bloquons Tout or 'Let’s block everything', the general strike led by unions is expected to bring together some 100,000 demonstrators who will walk out of the office, boycott businesses, stage sit-ins and blockade streets. On September 18, several unions are also calling for more demonstrations.
His warning was echoed by the head of the Paris Police Prefecture, Laurent Nuñez, who said he expected 'sabotage' attempts and major blockades of ring roads, oil depots, train stations and airports.
'It's a movement that doesn't really have any organisers, it's a general call with a multitude of actions, and we see that the call has been taken up by the ultra-left and far-left movements who are calling for rather harsh actions,' he said on BFMTV-RMC. In total, some 80,000 officers are expected to be deployed in an 'exceptional' operation, he said. Several rail unions including SUD-Rail and the CGT-Cheminots have supported walkouts on September 10, meaning the French national rail network will suffer. Moreover, multiple flights are expected to be cancelled and delayed because the aviation branch of the SUD union has called for workers to participate in the strike. Macron is receiving calls to resign or be impeached following the collapse of his government, as he faces the tough decision of who to appoint as the seventh prime minister of an increasingly unstable mandate. The French presidency confirmed in a statement that Macron will meet Bayrou on Tuesday 'to accept the resignation of his government', after just nine months of him in office. Lawmakers voted to oust the prime minister and his minority government with 364 votes against the veteran centrist politician and 194 in his favour, meaning the nation will now have to face its fifth prime minister in less than two years. The next government's most pressing task will be to pass a budget, the same challenge Bayrou faced when he took office nine months ago. Securing the backing of a very divided parliament will be equally hard. 'You have the power to bring down the government, but you do not have the power to erase reality,' Bayrou told lawmakers before losing the confidence vote. Related: Emmanuel Macron 09/07/2025 'They can't do it': 'Coalition of the willing' becomes a coalition of those who promise Emmanuel Macron 09/04/2025 Russia Bombards Ukraine With over 500 Drones and Missiles Emmanuel Macron 09/03/2025 Belgium to recognize Palestinian state at UN General Assembly, impose sanctions on Israel | ||
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