Overview
- About 50 farmers with roughly 15 tractors blocked the A64 near Cazères, causing traffic backups between Toulouse and Bayonne, according to local reports.
- The long-running blockade at nearby Carbonne remains in place more than two weeks after it began, the gendarmerie said.
- Coordination Rurale, FDSEA, Jeunes Agriculteurs and the Confédération paysanne coordinated the latest actions, citing frustration over DNC management, the PAC budget, Mercosur and a fertilizer tax.
- Around 100 farmers in Carcassonne removed imported goods from a Leclerc hypermarket in a symbolic protest against foreign products.
- Unions are preparing a Toulouse demonstration on Saturday 3 January with crosses to represent animals culled under the DNC protocol, while the EU–Mercosur signing is now expected on 12 January 2026.