Overview
- After meetings at Matignon, the FNSEA said Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu promised to unveil very concrete steps by Friday to address urgent farm demands.
- FNSEA leader Arnaud Rousseau warned of fresh mobilizations if the EU‑Mercosur deal is signed, with an EU member‑state vote expected this week and a possible signing around January 12.
- The European Commission pledged an additional €45 billion for the Common Agricultural Policy from 2028 to address sector concerns, a move farmers view skeptically.
- Protests persist as farmers cite a stack of pressures including an epizootic of nodular dermatitis in cattle, low wheat prices, high fertilizer costs, carbon border tax concerns, and strains in viticulture.
- Key elements of the Duplomb law and the Agricultural Orientation law were struck down by the Constitutional Council, and fewer than half of required decrees have been published, with unions divided on strategy and tractor convoys to Paris being readied.