Overview
- Coordination Rurale cleared the A63 at Cestas and lifted A64 barricades at Pau and Urt after meetings with prefects, with phased reopenings and cleanup under way.
- Significant holdouts persist in Occitanie, including the A64 at Carbonne, a near-100 km shutdown on the A75 north of Millau, the RN88 near Albi, and several routes in the Landes and Gers.
- The Agriculture Ministry reports 50.7 percent of the roughly 750,000 targeted cattle vaccinated in the South‑West, while EU rules require far higher local coverage to relax restrictions.
- The government is keeping its three‑pillar DNC strategy of full‑herd culling on detection, vaccination and movement limits, which remains the protesters’ chief grievance.
- Tensions spiked in Auch where police drew their weapons to stop a tractor at a newspaper office and detained the driver, as authorities highlighted continuing dialogue and road recovery efforts.