France considers the treaty with Mercosur dead while farmers continue their protest. Prime Minister Attal reaches out to the countryside as Macron puts pressure on the EU.

Popular support for the agricultural movement is close to 90%, according to polls. The Government, which in the face of other protests has shown greater intransigence and even a heavy hand, is listening to the main unions and has avoided repressing the blockades and condemning them. Some claims of French agriculture – the first in Europe and the first of the Ukrainian chicken imports – are not unfounded.