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2 days ago

Tractors in Paris to protest EU's Mercosur trade deal

Hundreds of tractors rolled into Paris early on Tuesday morning as French farmers protest against the trade deal the European Union has struck with four South American countries. The long-delayed trade pact with the Mercosur bloc was approved by the EU last week and is due to be signed on Saturday. Farmers in France and several other countries fear being undercut by an influx of cheap beef and other products from South America.
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fromThe Local France
3 days ago

French farmers keep up protests with roadblocks and oil depot blockades

French farmers continue motorway and port blockades against the EU-Mercosur deal and cattle cull rules; police broke up some oil depot blockades.
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fromThe Local France
4 weeks ago

IN PICTURES: Farmers' protests spread across France

French farmers have staged widespread blockades, roadblocks and protests across regions, opposing government Lumpy Skin Disease measures and mass herd culling.
France politics
fromwww.thelocal.fr
7 months ago

OPINION: Tractor protests expose the hypocrisy of French farming policies

Farmers are strategically pleased despite rejected laws, while taxi drivers remain frustrated despite government concessions.
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