Overview
- At Le Havre, farmers entered a third day of truck inspections to screen out imported food they deem non‑compliant, reporting finds such as foreign flour and packaged goods while keeping port operations open.
- On the A1 near Lille, Coordination Rurale maintains a filtered blockade at the Fresnes-lès-Montauban toll with roughly 100 tractors and about 200 participants, saying they can hold for several days on France's busiest motorway.
- The A63 at Bayonne was cleared overnight after the Pyrénées-Atlantiques prefect warned of force and negotiated on site, with authorities reporting no damage and traffic resuming in both directions.
- New actions targeted ports in the southwest, including a straw-bale blockade at La Pallice in La Rochelle and a shutdown of the Maïsica cereal site in Bayonne led by Confédération paysanne, Modef and ELB despite a rally ban.
- Brussels says Ursula von der Leyen will sign the deal on Jan. 17 before a later European Parliament vote, as the French government touts high DNC vaccination rates and new subsidies and import checks but organizers keep mobilizing, including a Jan. 20 rally in Strasbourg.