US EditionBrazil’s Lula Hopes EU-Mercosur Trade Deal Will Be Signed in January
The EU-Mercosur deal, covering 780 million people, faces delays due to protests and political opposition; leaders seek extra weeks to resolve concerns before January signing.
- Protests by European farmers and opposition from France and Italy threatened to quash the EU-Mercosur trade deal that has been under negotiation for over 26 years.
- European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said the deal's signature will be delayed a few weeks to address issues with member states, despite hopes to sign it in Brazil this weekend.
- Brazilian President Lula told other South American leaders that the delay was due to Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni requesting more time and that 'without political will and courage from leaders, it won't be possible to finish a negotiation that has dragged for 26 years.
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The signing of the agreement between Mercosur and the European Union, initially hoped by Ursula von der Leyen for this weekend, was postponed until January.
Brazil's President Lula da Silva has called for more courage from the EU to conclude the free trade agreement with the South American confederation of Mercosur.
Exactly thirty years ago, at the Madrid Summit in 1995, the European Community and Mercosur signed the Interregional Framework Agreement on Cooperation, inaugurating an unprecedented ambition: to build a bi-regional strategic partnership based on trade, political dialogue and cooperation.With great pomp and deep conviction, all heads of State accompanied the ceremony.We too, were there and worked in Brussels in the following years.
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has called on the European Union to show "courage" after the postponement of the signing of the trade agreement with Mercosur countries.
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