US EditionFrance to vote against Mercosur trade deal, Macron says
France rejects the EU-Mercosur trade pact over concerns it threatens domestic farmers and food sovereignty despite EU-wide support and a 65% member state majority backing the deal.
- On Thursday, French President Emmanuel Macron announced France will vote against signing the agreement on Friday as farmers blockaded Paris with tractors in protest.
- Amid long-running trade talks and farm concerns, France has opposed the Mercosur agreement clinched in December 2024, citing unfair competition and gaining backing from Poland, Hungary, Ireland and possibly Austria.
- There were 100 tractors in the Paris region and authorities later said 670 protesters were in the capital, causing 150 km of traffic jams as checkpoints were overrun.
- Farm Minister Annie Genevard said France will continue to contest the deal in the European Parliament, and if a qualified majority backs the accord at the Council of the EU, France could be outvoted for the first time.
- Unions have called for protests in Strasbourg on January 20, while the European Commission offered earlier funding and fertilizer duty cuts.
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Ursula von der Leyen pushes to close the agreement with the States of Latin America, but France and the Visegrad Group threaten the veto. Today in Brussels the summit of the 27 technicians. Lollobrigida: yes only with the reciprocity clause. It is a Friday of passion for Ursula von der Leyen and the question that circulates in Brussels is: the Mercosur is well worth Europe? The split risks being insatiable since Emmanuel Macron - pressed also by…
On BFMTV this Friday, January 9, Maud Bregeon, spokesman for the government, assures that the executive "will not let go of the farmers" on the agreement with Mercosur and evokes the paths that France has at its disposal to bury it.
BGA Bundesverband Großhandel, Aushandels, Dienstleistungen e.V. [Newsroom]Berlin (ots) - "This is a real milestone, especially in these times. The Mercosur agreement will lead to more growth and prosperity on both sides of the ocean. Here a market of global importance with more than 750 million ... Continue reading here...Original content of: BGA Bundesverband Großhandel, Aushandel, Dienstleistungen e.V., transmitted by news aktuell
The EU Commission buys the majority of the Council for the Mercosur agreement. The FRG capital is pleased. While farmers rebel, only the EU Parliament remains at all costs as the last barrier against "free trade".
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EU countries override France to greenlight Mercosur trade deal
The EU gave Friday a long-delayed go ahead to a huge trade deal with South American bloc Mercosur championed by business groups but loathed by many European farmers -- overriding opposition led by France.
A qualified majority of EU countries support the Mercosur agreement, which now needs to be formally approved.
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