Overview
- An expanded campaign began in the South-West to vaccinate between 600,000 and 1 million additional bovines, with Annie Genevard on site to launch the effort.
- Authorities reported the first confirmed DNC outbreak in the Aude, where ten cattle were euthanized, bringing national detections since June to roughly 111 foyers.
- The A64 and A63 remain blocked as actions spread to other regions, with Coordination Rurale and Confédération paysanne pushing to end whole-herd slaughter and widen vaccination.
- The government defends its three-pillar protocol of culling infected herds, targeted vaccination and movement restrictions, warning that blanket vaccination could jeopardize export status.
- FNSEA supports the current strategy, while rural officials and protesting farmers call for selective culling and broader preventive shots as tensions rise over enforcement.