"Macron Urges EU to Halt Mercosur Trade Deal Amid French Farmers' Protests"
TL;DR
French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal is attempting to defuse escalating farmer protests by halting a planned increase in tractor fuel taxes and reducing bureaucratic hurdles. Meanwhile, France's opposition to the EU-Mercosur deal has been reinforced as the EU halted talks, and the country's top court has overturned a visa program for wealthy Britons, while former government ministers and their teams are in a state of uncertainty following their departure from the Borne government.
Topics:worldpolitics#eu-mercosur-deal#farmer-protests#france#french-government#immigration-bill#politics
- Macron flirts with EU-bashing in wink to French farmers POLITICO Europe
- France says EU Commission to end trade deal talks with Mercosur countries Reuters
- EU stopped Mercosur talks, France says as French farmers ramp up protests POLITICO Europe
- Macron Asks EU's Von der Leyen to Stop Mercosur Trade Deal Bloomberg
- France reaffirms opposition to EU-Mercosur deal as farmers' protests mount EURACTIV
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