While the debate in under fire by those questioning its use, many consider that a categorical rejection of the project would give President Emmanuel Macron the tools to oppose the treaty at the European Commission, on grounds French farmers consider it harmful to the French countryside.

Farmers across France are again on the road this Tuesday protesting, among other things, against the EU-MERCOSUR trade deal, with arguments ranging from unfair competition to environmental setbacks.

While European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen assures that the free trade initiative with the South American countries is already in its final stages, Paris, pressed by farmers, is raising its voice to stop it.

Protests began early Tuesday, led by the main farming union, the French National Federation of Farmers’ Unions (FNSEA), in association with the Young Farmers Union (JA), backed the protests early this Tuesday.

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