Overview

• The FNSEA and Jeunes Agriculteurs launched two-day mobilisations on September 25–26 against what they call aberrant imports and the Mercosur agreement.
• Plans include supermarket checks, tractor convoys and local blockages, with actions in Dijon and Chartres and a morning rally on the Place d’Armes in Versailles.
• Brussels maintains expected import volumes are limited, while farm groups warn of unfair competition for beef, poultry, sugar, honey and rice produced under looser standards.
• Union strategies diverge, with Coordination rurale seeking talks with Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu and Confédération paysanne scheduling a tractor-led protest in Paris on October 14.
• The Commission is targeting sign-off by December, and analysts suggest these symbolic actions could precede a larger mobilisation toward year-end.