Despite executive's announcements, farmers are tightening their grip on Paris. Tractors blocked the A89, which links Lyon to Clermont-Ferrand, at the end of the day.

Prime Minister Gabriel Attal assured Tuesday that there must "be a French agricultural exception" The movement of anger is in any case spreading across the continent: after demonstrations in Germany, Poland, Romania, Belgium and Italy in recent weeks, the major Spanish agricultural unions have announced "mobilizations" during the " next weeks"