Overview
- The Coordination rurale ended sit‑ins on the A63 at Cestas and on the A64 at Pau and Urt on December 26, with cleanup under way and the A63 slated to reopen Saturday at 6 a.m. in a reduced configuration.
- Traffic on the A64 has partially resumed toward Bayonne, though key interchanges near Pau remain closed during debris removal.
- Several blockades persist, notably at Carbonne on the A64 and across roughly 100 km of the A75 north of the Millau viaduct, while the RN88 at Albi is being cleared but stays shut.
- The union says mobilization will restart in early January and could intensify, with leaders floating a possible tractor push toward Paris.
- Farmers continue to demand an end to whole‑herd culling for DNC, the Agriculture Ministry maintains the protocol cannot be revised, and local talks produced limited steps such as improved compensation, a heifer bank and a post‑vaccination test; targeted actions also continued overnight in the Gers.