French farmers angered by government culling of diseased cows

As Parliament begins a decisive period of debates on France’s 2026 budget, the government has found itself confronted by a wave of anger from some livestock farmers, who have been frustrated by the strategy of livestock culls imposed to contain contagious nodular dermatitis (CND), widely known as lumpy skin disease. The disease resurfaced in southern France, near the Pyrénées Mountains, on Tuesday, December 9, more than six months after the…