Protests were planned across the country, including gatherings at local government offices and traffic circles. A group used tractors to block a highway south of Paris in the lead-up to this week's events.

French farmers are mobilizing for widespread protests Monday, targeting the controversial EU-Mercosur trade agreement

Farmers will protest across France on Monday as the prospect of a trade deal between European and Mercosur countries sharpens discontent over foreign competition that fuelled a farming crisis earlier this year.

French farmers block a road to protest a trade deal between the EU and South America's Mercosur bloc:: Velizy-Villacoublay, France:: November 17, 2024A push by the European Union and South America's Mercosur bloc to conclude long-running trade negotiations by the end of the year has rekindled anger in France.

French farmers block road with tractors in protest against EU-Mercosur free trade deal French farmers block road near Paris with tractors, in protest against EU-Mercosur free trade deal and as French President Emmanuel Macron is on tour in Latin America.