{"id":662495,"date":"2025-12-30T12:57:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-30T12:57:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/662495\/"},"modified":"2025-12-30T12:57:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T12:57:10","slug":"farmers-plan-fresh-protests-in-south-west-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/662495\/","title":{"rendered":"Farmers plan fresh protests in south-west France"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n Roadblocks and blockades were largely lifted over Christmas, but farmers in south-west France say they are planning new action in January.\n <\/p>\n

In the run-up to Christmas protests organised by farmers over the government policy of culling cattle infected with Lumpy Skin Disease caused widespread travel chaos.<\/p>\n

The roadblocks were largely lifted over Christmas as farmers went home to spend the festive season with their families – but unions say they have more actions planned.<\/p>\n

READ ALSO<\/strong>: EXPLAINED: Why French farmers are protesting cattle culls\u270e<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

A64<\/strong><\/p>\n

The first action is planned<\/a> ‘from Tuesday, December 30th’ and concerns the A64 motorway in south-west France, which runs from Toulouse to Bayonne. This has become the epicentre of protests, with farmers manning blockades there christening themselves the ‘ultras of the A64’.<\/p>\n

There are plans to restart blockades from Tuesday, although exact details on location remain unclear – a gathering is planned at Caz\u00e8res, between Toulouse and Tarbes, although it’s not clear whether a blockade will be erected there or whether this is only a meeting point.<\/p>\n

Toulouse<\/strong><\/p>\n

The second action is planned in Toulouse on Saturday, January 3rd. This is a more traditional protest – farmers say they will walk into the city centre, holding signs and 106 crosses – to represent the 106 cows killed in the cull on a nearby farm.<\/p>\n

Unions organising the march say there will be “no dumping, no burning” – unlike previous protests targeting pr\u00e9fectures where waste including manure has been dumped and tyres set alight.<\/p>\n

Depending on the turnout it could, however, cause traffic disruption in the town centre.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Roadblocks and blockades were largely lifted over Christmas, but farmers in south-west France say they are planning new…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":662496,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5309],"tags":[2000,299,36],"class_list":{"0":"post-662495","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-france","8":"tag-eu","9":"tag-europe","10":"tag-france"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115808635748583016","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662495","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=662495"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662495\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/662496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=662495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=662495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=662495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}