Overview
- Agriculture Minister Annie Genevard is expected to unveil initial actions on Sunday, with additional measures to follow throughout the month.
- Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu has warned that putting the plan into effect requires swift progress on the 2026 spending bill.
- Lecornu will meet Jeunes agriculteurs and Coordination rurale on Monday, then FNSEA and Confédération paysanne on Tuesday.
- He will also bring together all relevant ministers next week and has framed continued farmer demonstrations as legitimate pressure on Brussels.
- Sanitary concerns persist after a new case of nodular dermatitis was confirmed in Ariège, while unions plan to intensify protests as the EU moves toward a Mercosur signing reportedly slated for 12 January in Paraguay.