Blockades begin around Paris, two motorways closed. An urgent, small council of ministers will meet at 3.15pm at the Elysée.
15,000 policemen and gendarmes are deployed on the ground to avoid blocking airports and general markets. 'In Spain lost 12 billion a day due to protests in France' The Spanish Confederation of Freight Transport (CETM) has estimated the losses caused by protests by French farmers at 12 billion euros a day, with road blocks paralyzing the movement of goods.