Tractors block a roundabout during a protest called by French farmers unions Coordination Rurale and ELB (Euskal Herriko Laborarien Batasuna) in Saint-Jean de Luz southwestern France on December 14, 2025. GAIZKA IROZ / AFP
Farmers sprayed manure on government offices and kept up roadblocks in southern France on Sunday, December 14 in protest against a mass cull of cows as officials urged Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu to urgently intervene.
Many farmers in southern and southwest France have been incensed by the use of police force and the government's mass slaughter policy to contain the spread of nodular dermatitis, widely known as lumpy skin disease.
Farmers have blocked roads after veterinarians on Friday slaughtered a herd of more than 200 cows in a village near the Spanish border after discovering a single case of the disease. Police had used tear gas to clear away angry demonstrators protecting the cattle.
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