Some French cabinet members have aired their sharp disapproval of the agreement with the United States. The prime minister called it “a dark day.”

France and Germany are furious over a new US-EU trade deal struck between President Trump and EU Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen. Germany’s Chancellor says it will "substantially damage" the economy,

The EU-US trade deal prompted a backlash in Europe on Monday, with France’s Prime Minister François Bayrou saying that the bloc had “resigned itself into submission”.