00:00French farmers staged an early morning protest on Friday outside President Emmanuel Macron's residence in the seaside town of Le Touquet,
00:10despite a delay in the signing of the controversial EU Mercosur trade agreement.
00:16Speaking on behalf of the farmers in northern France, Benoit said the agreement should be scrapped altogether.
00:22Yesterday, more than 10,000 of our colleagues demonstrated in Brussels, they obtained a one-month reprieve from Mercosur,
00:32but what we want is for it to be abandoned completely.
00:37In today's geopolitical context, this agreement no longer has any reason to exist.
00:42The mayor of Le Touquet has publicly voiced support for the farmers as pressure mounts on the French government to take a tougher stance in the deal.
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