Manon Aubry refutes any recovery by LFI of the September 10 blockade movement

While La France Insoumise has put itself at the forefront in supporting the September 10 blocking movement , becoming the first political party to support it this Sunday, Jean-Luc Mélenchon's party refutes any political recovery, as Manon Aubry pointed out on TF1 this Wednesday, August 20.

"We can talk, first and foremost, about political support for a movement whose essential demands we share, namely to bring down a profoundly unfair budget," defended the rebellious MEP, referring to several proposals put forward by Prime Minister François Bayrou this summer, such as the abolition of two public holidays.

Before adding: "We are simply saying (...) that we want to put ourselves at the service of this movement, to support it, to sustain it, so that there is a form of popular censure and that this popular censure is reflected in a parliamentary censure in the National Assembly", which would amount to rejecting the budget.

LFI wants to walk on two legs to bring about the fall of the government it has been demanding for months. One "in Parliament through an immediate motion of censure," the other "on the ground through all-out popular mobilization," urged Jean-Luc Mélenchon and several rebellious leaders in La Tribune Dimanche this weekend.

The September 10 movement was formed through calls for a blockade on social media from various quarters, particularly in response to the budget cuts sought by the government.

Although the initiative initially came from a far-right account, which wants to defend "sovereign France" and says it is "attached to France's Christian roots," it quickly spread to demands that appeal to the left, such as wage increases.

LFI is the political party that has expressed the strongest support for this movement. While not opposing its approach, a section of the left is more cautious. In an interview with Libération, the national secretary of the Ecologists, Marine Tondelier, indicated this Wednesday that her party will support the movement, while calling on the parties not to exploit it.

As for the National Rally, the far-right party expressed its fear that September 10th "will become the national day of the left," according to MEP Matthieu Valet, interviewed Monday on France Inter. "It's a rally that was meant to be popular, and I'm afraid it will become a hellish rally," he added, leaving little doubt about the participation of the Le Pen supporters.