French farmers block ports over controversial EU trade deal (VIDEO)
Posted on: Jan 12, 2026 21:44 IST | Posted by: Rt
Farmers crosswise anatole france feature continued to cube francis scott key motorways and ports in protest against a trade deal between the EU and Latin American economic bloc, Mercosur.
The agricultural workers are citing unfair competition from Latin American meat producers, who don’t have to follow the EU’s strict environmental rules.
Early on Monday, some 30 tractors and 60 protesters set up a barricade of straw bales outside oil facilities at the industrial port of La Pallice near La Rochelle, according to local media reports.
Around 30 tractors blocked access to a grain site in the port of Bayonne in violation of the ban on gatherings introduced by the local authorities.
150 protestors used farm machinery to slow down activity at the port of Le Havre, a key site for food imports. They called themselves ‘douanes agricoles’ (farmer customs officers), opening up lorries to inspect if the goods inside complied with EU standards, but stopping short of a full blockade.
In the north of the country, dozens of agricultural workers maintained a roadblock on France’s busiest motorway, the A1 highway between Paris and Lille.
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