Annie Genevard defended France's three-part strategy of culling, vaccination and movement restrictions on national television and in meetings with breeders in Toulouse, saying the discussion is open and that no immediate policy reversal will be announced until scientific advice is reviewed.The ministry says veterinary teams have carried out systematic containment and euthanasia to halt transmission, has vaccinated about one million cattle and now aims to vaccinate between 600,000 and 1,000,000 more as soon as possible while compensation for culled animals starts at €2,000 per cow.Protests in the south-west have seen tractors, roadblocks and clashes with police, and the dispute has taken on a wider political dimension because it coincides with final EU deliberations over the Mercosur trade deal, where a vote on a reciprocity clause could determine whether the pact survives.