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INSANE: French farmers call off border blockade after talks with prime minister barnier | Rare Historical Photos

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A French farmer rides his tractor with a banner reading "Macron if you're going to Rio don't forget your rednecks" on the RN118 road at the start of a nationwide protest against EU-Mercosur agreement with farmers feeling they have yet to reap the rewards of last winter's mobilisation near Velizy-Villacoublay, southwestern Paris on 17 November, 2024. AFP - IAN LANGSDON

French farmers protesting pay and conditions and a prospective EU-Latin America trade deal have lifted a blockade on the Spanish border after an expression of support from Prime Minister Michel Barnier.

The hard-line farmers' union Coordination Rurale (CR) lifted its roadblock for heavy trucks on the A9 motorway on Wednesday, which links south-western France with Spain's northeast.

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