September 10 Movement: "I understand the expression of discontent," says National Rally MP Sébastien Chenu

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Between the resignation of François Bayrou, the appointment of Sébastien Lecornu to replace him at short notice as Prime Minister, and the imminent arrival of the day of mobilization on September 10 by the "Bloquons tout" movement, there is no shortage of news at the beginning of September 2025. Political guest on the program "Tout est politique" on Tuesday, September 9, the RN deputy for the North, Sébastien Chenu, rehashed these subjects in the microphones of Sonia Chironi and Nathalie Saint-Cricq.

Sonia Chironi: Sébastien Chenu, do you understand this mobilization, this "Block Everything" movement of tomorrow?

Sébastien Chenu : I understand the expression of discontent. Obviously, the fact that the French are discontented, that they express it, that their purchasing power is eroded, that the number of poor is higher today than yesterday, that the number of minimum wage earners, contrary to what Gabriel Attal said at the time, is higher today than yesterday, all of this creates discontent. Does this mean we have to block the country? I don't believe that's a solution, but I hear the discontent and obviously I understand it. What saddens or worries me are the attempts at recovery with their heavy-handedness from the far left, from La France Insoumise (LFI).

Sabotage and blockage are not legitimate actions?

Sabotage is not a legitimate action, that's clear. And blocking isn't a solution in any case, but I think there are many French people who want to be heard by a power that is deaf. Emmanuel Macron refuses to listen to the French people, it's not new. He even refuses to look at the election results. This power is deaf, indifferent to the suffering of the French people, and today, the latter are finding various and varied ways to try to express their difficulties.

Nathalie Saint-Cricq: You and the National Rally took some time before taking a position on this movement. Was it ultimately because you were afraid of missing the point, while remaining wary and waiting to find out exactly what it was made of?

We're not a union, so we didn't organize. We've never had that idea. And every time there have been demonstrations, we've always been asked whether we're in favor or not. And we always respond that we shouldn't be the ones calling for demonstrations; it's not our role. I respect the people who will be in the streets tomorrow. I support the people who are the individuals who make their voices heard; I condemn it if there should be violence. And what I condemn is Jean-Luc Mélenchon's attempt at recovery.

Sonia Chironi: This mobilization worries the authorities because there are no real organizers, no slogans, always this risk that it will degenerate. Isn't there also a danger in demanding a dissolution every day as you do, a resignation of the head of state, this clear-out, doesn't it ultimately only fuel anger?

The danger is never respecting what the French people are asking. Those who lost the elections are the ones governing. Finally, do we realize the state of the country we are in? We have an economic, social, budgetary, migratory, and security crisis, and those who lost the elections are governing.

Nathalie Saint-Cricq: You're going further than dissolution; do you think Emmanuel Macron should be part of the next batch?

We say things in two stages. Either Emmanuel Macron must dissolve, and then we return to the polls and the French will be asked to give a majority, or Emmanuel Macron refuses this, and after a while, the discontent will be such that he will no longer be in a position to do anything other than resign if he wants to serve the country.

Why does it annoy you when people compare you to LFI by saying that, ultimately, you have the same philosophy regarding dissolution and resignation?

LFI is a kind of carnival Cheguevarism. They want an impeachment that is absolutely impossible. At some point, you have to be blind to the impeachment of a President of the Republic. It doesn't exist. You need two-thirds of parliamentarians. It's easy to stir up fantasies like that. We are rational people, we think there is no majority in this country. Why? Because Gabriel Attal, Emmanuel Macron, the LR, LFI, each withdrew in favor of the other.

I can still hear Gabriel Attal saying, "We will know how to work with each other, with the LR, with the socialists, etc." So they never managed to do it, as proven by François Bayrou's clear fall in the National Assembly. And they have put the country in this unstable situation. They bear a double responsibility. Institutional instability due to their petty political maneuvering, and economic, social, and security instability due to their ineffectiveness for the past eight years.