French farmers are planning fresh nationwide protests this November over concerns about the EU-Mercosur trade deal. Two of France’s main farming unions have announced a new wave of protests next month against a trade deal that is being negotiated between the EU and South American countries in the Mercosur bloc.
The finalisation of the deal is expected before the end of the year, potentially on the sidelines of a G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in November.
The FNSEA and Jeunes Agriculteurs unions are planning nationwide protests from mid-November. “We call on our network to restart protests from 15 November 2024,” presidents of the two unions, Arnaud Rousseau and Pierrick Horrel told the French newspaper Ouest-France.
This is three days before the start of the G20 summit in Brazil. The exact nature of these protests has not yet been confirmed but Rousseau also told journalists at a news conference on Tuesday that they could reach Brussels.