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France faces high-risk vote on EU-Canada free trade deal
France faces high-risk vote on EU-Canada free trade deal
Economy
by  AFP

The French government on Thursday faces a risky vote on a controversial trade deal between the EU and Canada in the Senate where an unlikely alliance between left and right hopes to torpedo the pact. In a rare temporary alliance, the leadership of the conservative Les Republicains (LR) party, which has a majority in the Senate, has also signalled its opposition to the trade pact.