Overview
- FNSEA and Jeunes Agriculteurs began withdrawing tractors before dawn after a midnight meeting yielded commitments on short‑term treasury loans and debt restructuring for the most indebted farmers.
- Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu set a timeline for an emergency agricultural bill to be prepared for the Salon de l’Agriculture, entered on the March Council agenda, and examined by Parliament before the summer.
- The package includes a moratorium on water‑related decisions and suspension of texts setting allowable withdrawals until September, plus talks on possible derogations from the EU nitrates rules.
- Roughly 350 tractors had massed near the Assemblée nationale to oppose the EU‑Mercosur agreement and raise wider grievances, with farmers dumping about 20–30 tonnes of potatoes for Parisians to take.
- Regional mobilizations continue, with the A64 near Toulouse blocked, additional depot and road actions reported, and several arrests during overnight operations.