French farmers protesting pay and conditions and a prospective EU-Latin America trade deal on Wednesday lifted a blockade on the Spanish border after an expression of support from Prime Minister Michel Barnier. Resistance has been reinflamed by the prospect of an EU deal with the Mercosur bloc -- Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay -- that would create the world's largest free-trade zone.

French farmers protesting pay and conditions and a prospective EU-Latin America trade deal on Wednesday lifted a blockade on the Spanish border after an expression of support from Prime Minister Michel Barnier. Resistance has been reinflamed by the prospect of an EU deal with the Mercosur bloc -- Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay -- that would create the world's largest free-trade zone.