"This week has seen a rapid increase in protests - especially blockades and roadblocks - from French farmers. The protests began last week at a farm in Ariège, close to the Spanish border, and rapidly spread across the south-west of the country. Find the latest on roadblocks HERE. A man rolls a tractor wheel past Millau's sub-prefecture on Sunday. Photo by Idriss Bigou-Gilles / AFP"
"This week protests intensified and gradually began spreading north - taking in the greater Paris region and the Channel port of Boulogne-sur-Mer. Members of Young Farmers of the Yvelines stage a blockade in the greater Paris region on Tuesday. Photo by GEOFFROY VAN DER HASSELT / AFP The majority of the actions are on roads with around a dozen major highways blocked, along with smaller roads, meanwhile rolling roadblocks have been staged on city ringroads."
Protests escalated across France as farmers mounted blockades and rolling roadblocks, initially concentrated in Ariège and rapidly spreading across the south-west. Actions expanded northward into the greater Paris region and the Channel port of Boulogne-sur-Mer, with around a dozen major highways and numerous smaller roads blocked and ringroad slowdowns. A level crossing protest near Toulouse halted trains on two lines. Préfectures were targeted with demonstrations and buildings sprayed with liquid manure. The protests oppose the government's response to Lumpy Skin Disease and the mass culling of herds where cases are detected. Farmers vowed to continue demonstrations, erecting a Christmas tree at a blockade.
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