Concerns have been raised by banana growers in the EU's outermost regions - namely the Canary Islands and the French islands of Guadeloupe and Martinique in the Caribbean - that they will lose out to cheaper imports from Colombia and Peru.

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Critics say the opening of the market will harm banana producers in the outermost regions of the EU, such as the French dependencies of Martinique and Guadeloupe in the Caribbean.

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Its islands, Guadeloupe and Martinique, plus French Guiana on the South American mainland, since 1946 have been parts departments, in their case of France.

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The French right-back, 26, who was born in Guadeloupe, is out of contract this summer and has turned down the offer of a new deal at the County Ground.

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