Overview
- About a hundred tractors entered the capital before dawn despite bans, reaching the Eiffel Tower, the Arc de Triomphe and near the National Assembly as police contained many others at city limits.
- Interior officials reported tractors forcing barriers in the Yvelines and damage to police vehicles, with detentions in the Paris region and 16 brief custody cases earlier in Toulouse tied to roadblocks.
- The Élysée announced in the evening that Emmanuel Macron will vote against the EU–Mercosur deal, a step the Coordination rurale deemed insufficient because the agreement can still progress at EU level.
- The government denounced “illegal” actions yet maintained dialogue, with the agriculture minister urging calm, the prime minister preparing measures by Friday and authorities calling for the clearance of remaining blockades.
- EU and French gestures under discussion included an early €45 billion CAP envelope, a possible pause to an EU fertilizer carbon levy and a French ban on imports with prohibited residues, but unions demanded concrete, immediate relief and changes to DNC policy.