<h1>French farmers oppose EU-Mercosur trade deal and bovine disease sanitary controls; tractor bans enforced after Paris convoy protests</h1> French farmers protested against the EU's proposed free trade agreement with Mercosur countries, asserting that the agreement would adversely affect domestic agricultural sectors including beef, poultry, sugar, ethanol and honey, with the intended consequence of pressuring France's government to maintain its opposition within EU negotiations. Farmers also objected to government sanitary measures adopted to prevent the spread of a bovine disease, with the intended consequence of seeking changes to those controls. Authorities enforced a prohibition on tractor entry into central Paris, resulting in tractors being blocked at key access routes while some convoys breached restrictions and reached central locations, with the operative effect of triggering movement controls and enforcement actions on public order grounds.