Reaction has been pouring in to the newly struck EU-US trade deal, with the EU facing growing criticism over a compromise many see as a strategic misstep under pressure from Washington.

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”.

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