Overview
- Authorities reported the same blockade points as Wednesday on the A63, A64, A65 and A75, with the Interior Ministry noting about 15 actions involving roughly 140 people.
- The Pyrénées‑Atlantiques prefecture’s first estimate topped €1 million, citing burned waste, illegal dumping including slurry and asbestos, damaged road surfaces, and 21 radars destroyed or disabled, excluding wider economic losses.
- Prefects began targeted reopenings, including a 70 km stretch of the A64 from Peyrehorade to the A65 junction and part of the A65, while other sites such as Albi saw camps lifted but roads remained closed for cleaning.
- Farmers held Christmas masses and shared meals at blockades in Carbonne on the A64 and Cestas on the A63, and Coordination Rurale scheduled a tractor parade in Pau as local supporters continued to visit the camps.
- Health controls advanced with 72 cattle culled in Haute‑Garonne after a new DNC case, taking the national tally to 115 affected premises since June, and officials debated who will pay mounting cleanup bills, with legal action under consideration.