"French farmers took tractors into Paris on Tuesday for the second time in a week to protest an EU-Mercosur trade deal they argue poses a risk to domestic agriculture. Footage filmed on Tuesday morning shows dozens of tractors reaching the Arc de Triomphe, with some displaying banners reading 'When you're young, you dream of it. When you're old, you die from it.' Organised by a branch of the FNSEA, one of France's largest farm unions, around 350 tractors entered the capital, claiming that food sovereignty is under threat. Farmers are also set to protest outside the French parliament on Tuesday, and have also planned demonstrations at the European Parliament in Strasbourg on January 20. It comes after EU member states provisionally approved the signing of the trade deal with the South American bloc, securing the 15-country threshold representing 65 per cent of the EU. France, Poland, Austria, Hungary, and Ireland voted against the proposal, while Belgium abstained. Negotiated for 25 years, the deal would phase out most tariffs over 15 years, creating a free‑trade area of about 780 million people. Its signing was delayed from December 2025 amid EU political divisions and is now expected in Paraguay on January 17. Despite the planned signing, the agreement will not take immediate effect. It must still be approved by the European Parliament and ratified by Mercosur member states, a process expected to take several months."