US EditionWill French Farm Protests Disrupt Christmas Travel?
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While farmers still block several sectors in the South-West, the traffic of the heavy goods vehicles 7.5 tonnes is prohibited on the A63 at Hendaye.
They said on Friday: "We will stay as long as necessary." They have kept their word. Several farmers have spent the weekend blocking the entrance to the A-64 motorway between Bescoitze and Ahurti (Lapurdi). They have denounced the measures announced last week by the French Ministry of Agriculture against lumpy skin disease, in particular the one that requires them to slaughter an entire herd of cattle if a case appears on a farm. The ELB and Con…
The Biriatu toll plaza was closed this afternoon to heavy goods vehicles heading towards the French Basque Country (Iparralde) due to protests by farmers, as reported by the Basque Department of Security. Farmers in Iparralde are protesting against the French government's "drastic" measures to combat nodular dermatosis, which include the culling of all cattle on a farm if any case is detected in a cow. Although no cases have been detected in Ipa…
Representatives of the Basque Country Farmers' Union (ELB) and the Confédération paysanne du Béarn union will meet with the prefect of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques on Monday afternoon in Pau to discuss the health management of the disease nodular dermatosis (DNK) affecting cows, the ELB said. The farmers will propose an "alternative" strategy while continuing their protests. The Vinci motorway company announced on Monday morning that there are long …
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