Overview
- Farmers maintained a filtering operation at Le Havre, inspecting refrigerated trucks and reporting finds such as foreign flour and soups with Thai vegetables.
- New actions hit ports in the southwest, with a straw‑bale blockade at La Pallice near La Rochelle and a shutdown of the Maïsica grain site in Bayonne.
- The A1 near Lille saw a filtering barricade that organizers said could run at least until Wednesday, targeting cargo on France’s busiest motorway.
- The A63 blockade at Bayonne was lifted overnight after the prefect intervened and warned of a forcible clearance, with traffic restored in both directions.
- Brussels confirmed a Jan. 17 signature by Ursula von der Leyen, with provisional application described as legally possible, while French aid and tighter import checks have not halted plans for a Jan. 20 protest in Strasbourg.