On December 12th, French media extensively covered the escalating farmers' protests against the culling of cattle due to nodular dermatosis. Hundreds clashed with gendarmes in Ariège in the morning, leading to four arrests. By early afternoon, the Ministry of Agriculture extended compulsory vaccination to eight southwestern departments. The Confédération paysanne called for widespread blockades across France in response to the minister's affirmation that culling was the "only solution." Reports continued throughout the day detailing protests expanding to Agen, La Roche-sur-Yon, Narbonne, Lozère, and Haute-Garonne, with farmers expressing distress and threats of bovines being absent from the next Salon de l'agriculture. Concurrently, "Clair Obscur: Expedition 33" achieved an historic win at the Game Awards, becoming the first French game to be elected Game of the Year.
