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Publisher Metro launches in three new French cities

Swedish media company Metro International has launched in three new French cities and will boost distribution in Paris starting next month.

Published: 27 September 2010 08:54 CEST
Publisher Metro launches in three new French cities

Metro is working with local broadcast partner TF1 to roll out the expansion. Starting on Friday, Metro will distribute 60,000 additional copies of its Paris edition daily.

The newspapers will be delivered to 50 new key street distribution points, over 40 train stations and 200 large company buildings in the city. Local coverage will be expanded with a daily section focusing on politics, society, sports, culture and leisure with a five local reporters and columnists.

In addition, Metro began distributing 20,000 copies from Monday to Friday in Metz and Nancy on Tuesday. The company also launched an edition in Toulon on Monday with 10,000 copies and will increase circulation in Nice and Toulouse. Metro is now distributed in 15 of the largest French cities.

“France is an important market for Metro. Together with our strong partner TF1, we have agreed to invest in the French operation in order to deal with the competitive landscape,” Metro President and CEO Per Mikael Jensen said in a statement.

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France vows to block EU-South America trade deal in current form

France has vowed to prevent a trade deal between the European Union and the South American Mercosur bloc from being signed with its current terms, as the country is rocked by farmer protests.

Published: 31 January 2024 15:46 CET
France vows to block EU-South America trade deal in current form

The trade deal, which would include agricultural powers Argentina and Brazil, is among a litany of complaints by farmers in France and elsewhere in Europe who have been blocking roads to demand better conditions for their sector.

They fear it would further depress their produce prices amid increased competition from exporting nations that are not bound by strict and costly EU environmental laws.

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“This Mercosur deal, as it stands, is not good for our farmers. It cannot be signed as is, it won’t be signed as is,” Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire told broadcasters CNews and Europe 1.

The European Commission acknowledged on Tuesday that the conditions to conclude the deal with Mercosur, which also includes Paraguay and Uruguay, “are not quite there yet”.

The talks, however, are continuing, the commission said.

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President Emmanuel Macron said Tuesday that France opposes the deal because it “doesn’t make Mercosur farmers and companies abide by the same rules as ours”.

The EU and the South American nations have been negotiating since 2000.

The contours of a deal were agreed in 2019, but a final version still needs to be ratified.

The accord aims to cut import tariffs on – mostly European – industrial and pharmaceutical goods, and on agricultural products.

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