(FILES) French farmers drive their tractors on the RN118 road at the start of a nationwide protest against EU-Mercosur agreement with farmers feeling they have yet to reap the rewards of last winter's mobilisation near Velizy-Villacoublay, southwestern Paris on November 17, 2024. A surprise dissolution of the French National Assembly, an enchanted interlude for the Olympic Games, and the explosion of the Mazan rape trial: a look back at ten key events of 2024 in France. (Photo by Ian LANGSDON / AFP) (Photo by IAN LANGSDON/AFP via Getty Images)