UPDATE 2-French farmers block Paris streets in protest against Mercosur trade deal
Published on: Jan. 8, 2026, 1:12 p.m. | Source: Devdiscourse
France has long been a stiff opponent of the trade deal and even after extracting last-minute concessions Macron's final position is not known. This week the European Commission proposed making 45 billion euros of EU funding available earlier to farmers in the bloc's next seven-year budget and agreed to cut import duties on some fertilizers in a bid to win over countries wavering in their support of Mercosur.
