#BREAKING 🚨🔥🇫🇷 Meanwhile across France
French farmers are making their mark everywhere, letting everyone know what they think of their tyrannical government.
The French farmers had blocked all the major roads Yesterday. There was a complete chaos in everywhere across there. pic.twitter.com/pWa3KjRoXU
— Frankie™️🦅 (@B7frankH) December 21, 2025
December 24, 2025 – As France approaches the holiday season, farmer protests that began in the southwest have spread nationwide and to Brussels, driven by outrage over government-mandated mass culls of cattle infected with lumpy skin disease (LSD) and opposition to the EU-Mercosur free trade agreement
The demonstrations, marked by road blockades, manure dumping, and symbolic acts like placing coffins outside President Emmanuel Macron’s residence, echo the unrest of previous years but center on what farmers call excessive sanitary measures and unfair foreign competition.
The protests ignited in early December when veterinarians, under police protection, slaughtered over 200 cows at a farm in the southeast amid clashes with demonstrators.
Farmers argue the policy of culling entire herds is cruel and unnecessary, demanding alternatives like widespread vaccination.
The movement has intensified with blockades on major highways like the A64 near Toulouse and the A6 leading to Paris, where tractors and hay bales created fiery barricades.
In Brussels, thousands rallied against the European Union, fearing cheap South American imports will undercut local producers, alongside grievances over EU subsidy reforms and a proposed fertilizer tax.
The deal’s vote was postponed to January, but tensions persist.
Government officials, met with union leaders on December 19, warning against holiday disruptions and urging a “Christmas truce.”
Major unions remained divided on the issues.
Protests continued sporadically, with actions in Avignon and Alençon involving potato-throwing and paint vandalism.
While primarily led by farmers, the movement has drawn support from allied groups, including unionized and non-unionized laborers, pensioners, and citizens, framing agriculture as a collective concern.
As of today, some blockades persist, with unions eyeing post-holiday actions if demands go unmet.
