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"Block everything"! Protests paralyze France, 200 people arrested, 80 thousand police officers on the ground (VIDEO)

2025-09-10 12:40:41Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Protests in France

French police arrested more than 200 people on Wednesday as protesters from the "Block Everything" ("Bloquons tout") movement attempted to paralyze transport and daily life across France, two days after the fall of Prime Minister François Bayrou's government.

Authorities deployed 80,000 police officers and gendarmes as thousands of demonstrators lit fires, built barricades and tried to block the Paris ring road, the busiest urban highway in Europe. The prefecture reported 95 arrests in the Paris area and eight outside the capital by mid-morning Wednesday.

At Porte de Montreuil in eastern Paris, protesters set fire to trash cans and tried to block tram tracks before police removed the barriers and dispersed the crowds. Demonstrators also entered the highway in an attempt to block traffic, but were also stopped by law enforcement.

Tensions have also risen around Paris' Gare du Nord railway station, one of the busiest train stations in Europe, where several hundred people gathered by 10:30 a.m.

Police have closed off the entrance to the train station, but protesters are trying to force their way in. Since then, law enforcement has used tear gas on demonstrators, while some passengers have also been involved in the chaos.

The demonstrations could add to political turmoil in France two days after parliament ousted Prime Minister Francois Bayrou in a vote of confidence. On Tuesday, Macron appointed his fifth prime minister in less than two years, Sebastien Lecornu.

The far-left France Unyielding party has already said it will file a no-confidence motion against Lecornu, although the far-right National Rally has signaled it would be willing to cooperate with him for the time being.

The leaderless "Block Everything" movement gained momentum from anger over inflation, austerity measures and what supporters call a dysfunctional political class.

Unlike the structured Yellow Vest protests of 2018, "Block Everything" emerged this summer with less organization, but with significant online support.


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