Overview
- Farmers staged a filtering blockade at the Port of Le Havre, checking trucks for foreign foodstuffs they say breach French standards, according to organizers and on-site reports.
- Estimates of the Le Havre turnout varied, with on-site reporting citing about twenty demonstrators Sunday evening and other accounts describing roughly 100 participants with around 30 tractors.
- Despite recent government pledges of aid for struggling sectors and tighter controls on imports, the mobilization continued through the weekend.
- Highway actions persisted in the South-West, notably on the A63 and A64, even as some roadblocks in Occitanie were lifted.
- Organizers announced a Jan. 20 protest at the European Parliament, while the European Commission has scheduled the agreement's signing for Jan. 17.