French farmers protest outside Macron’s over EU-Mercosur deal

French farmers staged an early-morning protest on Friday outside President Emmanuel Macron’s residence in the seaside town of Le Touquet, despite a delay in the signing of the controversial EU-Mercosur trade agreement.

At the call of the main farming union FNSEA and the Young Farmers group, around fifty farmers gathered on the seafront from as early as 5:30 a.m., with about thirty tractors lining the promenade. Police were deployed to…