France’s failure to stop Mercosur will sting Macron forever
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Key Points:
- France's failure to block the EU-Mercosur trade deal has intensified criticism of President Emmanuel Macron, with opposition parties accusing him of betraying French farmers and failing to defend national interests.
- The trade agreement, opposed largely due to concerns about the impact on French agriculture, has united political factions from the far-right to the far-left in condemning Macron's handling of the deal.
- Far-right National Rally leader Jordan Bardella and far-left France Unbowed have submitted motions of no confidence against Macron's government, though these are unlikely to succeed.
- Conservative and Socialist leaders have urged the government to challenge the deal at the European Court of Justice, emphasizing the perceived loss of French food sovereignty.
- Macron has sought to defend
