French Senate rejects EU-#Canada free-trade agreement
> The Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (#CETA) has been in force provisionally since 2017, but requires ratification in all (#EU) member countries to take full effect.
> Macron and his centrist parliamentary allies managed to get the deal approved in the National Assembly lower house in 2019 by a slim margin, but backing by the Senate upper house – where they are in a clear minority – is needed
https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20240321-french-senate-rejects-eu-canada-free-trade-agreement #France