New Delhi, Jan. 9 -- French President Emmanuel Macron says Paris will vote against signing the EU-Mercosur free trade deal, casting a spotlight on deep agricultural and political divisions inside the European bloc.

PARIS - France will vote against signing the long-delayed free trade agreement between the European Union and the South American common market, Mercosur, President Emmanuel Macron said, a move that could derail one of Brussels' most ambitious trade projects and deepen existing fractures inside the EU over globalization, agriculture, and strategic autonomy.

The announcement comes ahead of a repeat vote scheduled for January 9 on whether the EU should proceed with the agreement, which has been negotiated for more than two decad...