"French farmers' anger remains high, despite Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu's promise of "emergency legislation before the summer", and blockades continue on Wednesday, including at Toulouse airport. Tractors started to leave their blockade outside the National Assembly building in Paris in the early hours of Wednesday, after spending 24 hours in the capital. They had decided to stay in front of the Palais Bourbon "for the night" despite the promise of an "emergency agricultural law" offered by the Prime Minister during the day in an attempt to calm their anger."
"The government had last week announced a planned €300-million package to support the farmers, as well as other measures, including an increase in the number of wolves that can be killed. "A delegation was received around midnight by Agriculture Minister Annie Genevard, who gave us details and commitments on cash loans and restructuring for the most indebted farmers," FNSEA Vice President Luc Smessaert told AFP, shortly before the farmers started to leave Paris."
"That is not, however, the end of the protests - as the farmers were planning to leave Paris, around 40 of the colleagues, with 15 tractors, had entered Toulouse on Tuesday night and parked about 100m from the préfecture. They gathered in defiance of a decree issued by the préfet of Haute-Garonne and the Occitanie region prohibiting, "the protest demonstration on Wednesday, January 14th, 2026, in Toulouse and its suburbs," planned by several farmers' unions, as well as the movement of tractors and agricultural machinery on the region's main roads. The tractors outside the préfecture were removed by police at around 7am and have since set up a roadblock in front of Toulouse-Blagnac airport. A dozen tractors are disrupting traffic at a roundabout near the airport."
Farmers across France remain angry and continue blockades, including at Toulouse airport, despite Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu's promise of emergency legislation before the summer. Tractors left the National Assembly blockade after 24 hours following assurances of an emergency agricultural law and a late-night delegation meeting with Agriculture Minister Annie Genevard that secured details on cash loans and debt restructuring for heavily indebted farmers. The government announced a €300-million support package and measures including increased wolf cull allowances. Around 40 farmers with 15 tractors entered Toulouse, defying a prefectural decree and establishing a roadblock near Toulouse-Blagnac airport.
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