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French Senate rejects EU-Canada free-trade agreement

The French Senate in Paris on February 28, 2024. © Stéphane de Sakutin, AFP

France's Senate on Thursday overwhelmingly voted against a free-trade agreement between the EU and Canada thanks to an unusual alliance in the upper house between left and right wing opponents of French President Emmanuel Macron. 

The Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) has been in force provisionally since 2017, but requires ratification in all European Union member countries to take full effect.

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