Overview
- Regional agriculture chief Òscar Ordeig set an extraordinary meeting next week to build a “frente común” with farm groups to define Catalonia’s position on the agreement.
- Ordeig asked protesters to lift road blockades to enable talks, yet farmers kept some closures after night assemblies, including on the AP-7 and at access to the Port of Tarragona.
- The platform will seek mirror clauses, unified border controls, safeguard mechanisms and a compensation fund for the sector, with potential adjustments to the CAP also under discussion.
- The European Commission confirmed that Ursula von der Leyen will sign the EU–Mercosur accord on 17 January as farmer mobilisations continue in Catalonia and across France.
- France confirmed a €300 million support package for its farmers, with Prime Minister Benjamin Lecornu detailing measures announced by Agriculture Minister Annie Genevard.