Tag: Mercosur
local elected officials largely supportive of farmers
In France, farmers continue their mobilization. The port of Bordeaux, in the southwest of the country, for example, is still blocked. At the Congress of Mayors of France, in Paris,…
The French sugar sector facing foreign imports
Purchasing centers and mass distribution stores targeted. Farmers continue their mobilization. On Wednesday, November 20, dozens of tractors blocked the commercial port of Bordeaux, while the blockage of a highway…
“Seen from Sweden, France’s position on Mercosur is very confusing” – L’Express
It’s a very French psychodrama that repeats itself with each free trade treaty. While French farmers are in the streets to protest against a supposed “major replacement” of French meat…
“Mercosur is an easy scapegoat to hide the real problems of French agriculture” – L’Express
As anger spreads across the countryside, Emmanuel Macron keeps repeating that France will not sign Mercosur, the trade agreement currently under discussion between the EU and South American countries. The…
angry farmers call on government to “keep its promises”
Rallies are still planned throughout France on Tuesday, November 19 at the call of several agricultural unions. Nearly ten months after an unprecedented mobilization, farmers are demanding commitments from the…
These 3 explosive measures imposed on France by the EU treaty – Mercosur
Within the countries of the European Union, the Mercosur-EU treaty is creating a lot of political turmoil. For farmers, the measures he plans are very feared. “France will not sign…
farmers, budget, social, a high-risk sequence begins for the government
Already scalded by competition from Ukrainian cereals, the entry of which the EU had facilitated after the Russian invasion, French farmers are looking with concern at beef, chicken, corn, soya…
Angry farmers: the agreement with “Mercosur is a drop that will break an already full vase”
The main agricultural organization is calling for mobilization on Monday, November 18 throughout France: The FNSEA wants to denounce Mercosur. The free trade treaty between the European Union and South…
“They have nothing left to lose”.
Pascal Deshayes, President of the Coordination Rurale de Meurthe-et-Moselle, explains the reasons behind French farmers’ bloodbath: drought, floods, crop failures, epizootic diseases, unfair competition from foreign producers, and insane middlemen’s…
between Attal and Scholz, things are stuck on Mercosur
Gabriel Attal made his first visit abroad on Monday to Germany. His meeting with Chancellor Olaf Scholz revealed their first disagreements. The French and German heads of government met on…