Farmers enter Paris on tractors to rage against trade deal

Dozens of tractors arrived before dawn and drove through Paris, with some pausing at the Eiffel Tower and others at the Arc de Triomphe, in a protest organised by the Rural Confederation union. "We said we'd come up to Paris -- here we are," said Ludovic Ducloux, co-head of one of the union's chapters. One of the tractors bore the message "No To Mercosur", referring to the deal with four South American nations. The deal would create one of the world's biggest free-trade areas and help the 27-nation EU to export more vehicles...