French farmers mark Christmas on motorway as protests over cattle cull continue

French farmers marked Christmas on the A64 motorway on Wednesday evening as they continued protests against the government’s cattle-culling policy aimed at containing the spread of lumpy skin disease. President Emmanuel Macron met with farmers’ union leaders on Tuesday in their first talks since the protest movement began, amid broader tensions over a controversial free trade deal and the government’s handling of the outbreak, also known as nodular dermatitis, to discuss a controversial free trade deal and the government’s handling of a cow disease