Anger against 'society of cheaters' brewing in France for Sept 10 protest movement

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1. ACTIVIST HOLDING FLYERS FOR SEPTEMBER 10 "BLOQUONS TOUT" ("LET'S BLOCK EVERYTHING") PROTEST MOVEMENT WALKING IN MARKET

2. ACTIVIST WALKING, APPROACHING MAN IN MARKET

3. PEOPLE IN MARKET

4. ACTIVIST TAPING FLYER FOR PROTEST MOVEMENT ON WOODEN CRATES IN MARKET

5. FLYER READING (French): "From September 10 - strike - protests - blockades"

6. WOMAN IN MARKET / FLYER FOR PROTEST MOVEMENT

7. FLYER READING (French): "Let's block everything!"

8. UNEMPLOYED FRENCHMAN AND VOLUNTEER FOR LE BARANOUX ASSOCIATIVE CAFE, BENJAMIN BALL, WALKING THEN PUTTING POSTERS FOR PROTEST MOVEMENT ON TABLE

9. VARIOUS OF POSTER READING (French): "Let's be outraged - September 10, 2025"

10. (SOUNDBITE) (French) 41-YEAR-OLD UNEMPLOYED FRENCHMAN AND VOLUNTEER FOR LE BARANOUX ASSOCIATIVE CAFE, BENJAMIN BALL, SAYING:

"Yes, I decided to participate because this was the last straw in our outrage and enough is enough, we have to share this with public service, with social justice, with climate and biodiversity, with people who are starving. And so I think this is the moment, and I feel like something different is happening, there's a great alliance that's starting to form."

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11. VARIOUS OF "YELLOW VEST" PROTEST IN FRONT OF EIFFEL TOWER

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12. BALL LOOKING AT POSTERS OF ASSOCIATIONS AND SAYING (French): "Here we have several associations that come to the Baranoux, and many among them will participate on September 10. For example, there's Extinction Rebellion are participating, it's a climate organisation. Attac, an organisation criticising globalisation, will participate, they've called for it. Urgence Palestine will also call for it. And of course the Baranoux, since we're here, will participate. It's really nice, there are a lot of people participating in this mobilisation who come from various walks of life."

13. BALL'S EYES / POSTER FOR PROTEST MOVEMENT

14. (SOUNDBITE) (French) 41-YEAR-OLD UNEMPLOYED FRENCHMAN AND VOLUNTEER FOR LE BARANOUX ASSOCIATIVE CAFE, BENJAMIN BALL, SAYING:

"There isn't a budget crisis. There's a hold-up made by the government to give hundreds of billions each year to billionaires. Then they come to tell us we're short 40 billion (euros), we're short 60 billion. But when we're giving 211 billion each year to billionaires, to the biggest companies, and the richest in this country are not taxed much, neither on their earnings nor on their properties, clearly there is no need to do the math. That's where the hole is."

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15. VARIOUS OF FRENCH PRESIDENT, EMMANUEL MACRON, AT ELYSEE PRESIDENTIAL PALACE

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16. FRENCH PRIME MINISTER, FRANCOIS BAYROU, WALKING INTO HOTEL DE MATIGNON, PRIME MINISTER'S RESIDENCE

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17. VARIOUS OF ACTIVIST DISTRIBUTING FLYERS FOR MOVEMENT SPEAKING TO MARKET VENDOR, RIDHA AYACHI

18. AYACHI HOLDING FLYER

19. (SOUNDBITE) (French) 62-YEAR-OLD PARISIAN MARKET VENDOR, RIDHA AYACHI, SAYING:

"I'm for it (protest movement), there's no reason to be against it, because the reality is here, we're living in it. It's like for me, I have two, three children, I've always worked two, three jobs, and that's not a reason. I have the courage to do so, but I can't see my children working two, three jobs."

20. VEGETABLE PRICES IN MARKET

21. (SOUNDBITE) (French) 62-YEAR-OLD PARISIAN MARKET VENDOR, RIDHA AYACHI, SAYING:

"No, it's exaggeration to say we'll break everything - we won't break everything but we will block them so that the political system reacts. Some have 10 payslips, but the little workers earn 1,500 euros a month. And the bosses, everyone is rotten in any case, we live in a society of cheaters."

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22. SPLIT SCREEN OF SCREENGRAB OF X POSTS ON SEPTEMBER 10 MOVEMENT AND PERSON SCROLLING ON COMPUTER SHOWING X POSTS ON MOVEMENT

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23. VARIOUS X POSTS CRITICISING GOVERNMENT AND COMPANY BOSSES RELATING TO SEPTEMBER 10 PROTEST MOVEMENT

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24. (SOUNDBITE) (English) PROFESSOR OF POLITICAL SCIENCE AT SCIENCES PO AND DIRECTOR OF CENTRE FOR POLITICAL RESEARCH (CEVIPOF), KEVIN ARCENEAUX, SAYING:

"Most people are quite angry. They're angry that the government cannot... there's not a government that can act and can produce decisions that people feel like are in their best interest. And we see this in all sectors of society, from rich people to poor people, a feeling that the government doesn't care about them."

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25. OFFICIAL INSTAGRAM PAGE OF "BLOQUONS TOUT"

26. COMMENTS ON INSTAGRAM POST OF OFFICIAL ACCOUNT OF "BLOQUONS TOUT"

27. X POST WITH GRAPHIC WITH PICTURES OF FRENCH PRIME MINISTER, FRANCOIS BAYROU, AND PRESIDENT, EMMANUEL MACRON, AND TEXT READING (French): "September 10: General strike! - Up there, they can't take it anymore... - Down here, we don't want it anymore."

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28. (SOUNDBITE) (English) PROFESSOR OF POLITICAL SCIENCE AT SCIENCES PO AND DIRECTOR OF CENTRE FOR POLITICAL RESEARCH (CEVIPOF), KEVIN ARCENEAUX, SAYING:

"We don't know yet what's going to happen, but many people have made comparisons to the 'yellow vest' movement that happened in 2019. And that also had a very similar flavour - it was grassroots, there wasn't a leader, it started on the right, it spread to the left. And so some people have tried to, certainly in this movement, have tried to capture the energy from the 'gilets jaunes,' from the 'yellow vest' movement to basically propel this one."

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29. VARIOUS OF "YELLOW VEST" PROTESTERS MARCHING

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30. (SOUNDBITE) (English) PROFESSOR OF POLITICAL SCIENCE AT SCIENCES PO AND DIRECTOR OF CENTRE FOR POLITICAL RESEARCH (CEVIPOF), KEVIN ARCENEAUX, SAYING:

"I think the 'yellow vest' movement is actually a good sort of warning sign to this type of movement, which is if the protest in any way becomes violent, my prediction would be that support for it will fall within the French public. If on the other hand it remains peaceful and it mobilises political actors around it, then I think it can actually be seen as quite popular."

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31. BALL AND LE BARANOUX COORDINATOR, LOUISE NECHIN, IN KITCHEN WHERE MEAL PROVISIONS WILL BE PREPARED TO BE GIVEN TO PARTICIPANTS OF PROTEST MOVEMENT, PREPARING BAGS OF FOOD PRODUCTS (NOT ONES TO BE GIVEN TO PROTESTERS)

32. BALL PUTTING FOOD PRODUCTS INTO PAPER BAGS

33. OAT MILK CARTONS / NECHIN AT WORK

34. NECHIN AT WORK

35. (SOUNDBITE) (French) 30-YEAR-OLD LE BARANOUX COORDINATOR, LOUISE NECHIN, SAYING:

"This is something that comes from the people and has been relayed by the people and can continue in this way for quite a long time, and this doesn't lean on just one movement or party that might be controversial. And so the fact that it is quite nebulous, yes, that makes it difficult to organise, but at the same, it makes it quite massive and in my opinion, it can become quite big."

36. VARIOUS OF NECHIN PACKING FOOD INTO PAPER BAGS

37. (SOUNDBITE) (French) 30-YEAR-OLD LE BARANOUX COORDINATOR, LOUISE NECHIN, SAYING:

"I think we really have to go towards a direct democracy in which people have more power, because we are capable of gathering together and deciding good measures to take when we bring people together, when we ask them the right questions and we listen to them."

38. VARIOUS OF ACTIVIST DISTRIBUTING FLYERS FOR PROTEST MOVEMENT

39. ACTIVIST IN MARKET

40. ACTIVIST HOLDING FLYER READING (French): "Let's block everything!"