A photograph taken on December 22, 2025, shows a tractor decorated with a French national flag blocking the A63 highway in Cestas southwestern France, during a farmers demonstration to protest against the government’s mandatory culling protocol for cattle herds affected by lumpy skin disease (dermatose nodulaire contagieuse). ROMAIN PERROCHEAU / AFP
French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday, December 23, met with farmers’ unions to discuss a controversial free trade deal and the government’s handling of a cow disease that has led to…