French farmers drive 100 tractors into Paris

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Farmers drove about a hundred tractors into Paris on Thursday morning to protest the European Union intention to move forward with a free trade deal with five South American nations, the French Interior Ministry said. 

French farmers for years have denounced the trade deal with the Mercosur nations of Brazil, Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay and Uruguay, arguing that the deal would hurt French farmers' livelihoods. 

Thursday's protest was staged by the Rural Coordination union to put further pressure on France's government, which has opposed the deal.

But most of the tractors were blocked further from the center at key traffic arteries that mark Paris' limit.