Farmers have staged protests throughout the week across France, saying the EU-Mercosur trade deal threatens their livelihoods.
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00:00French farmers protested for a third day on Wednesday, after setting up a blockade on
00:06the highway near the French-Spanish border. Their aim is to block heavy goods vehicle
00:12traffic from Spain to France, protesting against an EU-Mercosur trade deal with South American
00:17nations.
00:19The French Minister for Agriculture condemned the blockade, saying it risked undermining
00:24public empathy for the profession.
00:26To protest against Mercosur, to express your concerns, to demand a certain number of advances
00:34in different areas is legitimate. Without taking the goods, without taking the people,
00:39to permanently blockade the country, that is not acceptable.
00:43The farmers say producers from countries that are part of the Mercosur agreement are not
00:47subject to regulations as strict as those in Europe. They also say it creates unfair
00:53competition with third countries.