In the Assembly, sacred union towards Mercosur | EUROtoday

If it have been solely consultative, this vote may permit Paris to place strain on its European allies, hopes Emmanuel Macron, whereas Poland has additionally opposed the treaty.

“Under current conditions”, this draft settlement between the European Union and Mercosur international locations (Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay) doesn’t assure “fair conditions of competition for our farmers”, declared the Minister of Agriculture Annie Genevard from the Palais-Bourbon.

“In the end, there will be Mercosur”

During the lengthy debate dedicated to this flammable topic, all political teams, with out exception, expressed their rejection of the commerce settlement, however with nuances. Thus the deputies of the “common base” supported the federal government’s place in response to which the settlement might be amended, as a result of it isn’t essential to “oppose in anticipation and in principle any free trade agreement”, as abstract Annie Genevard.

ALSO READ Poland joins France in opposition to MercosurOthers, notably the rebellious and environmentalist elected officers, insisted on their refusal of any settlement, no matter it might be, “neither today nor tomorrow”, because the ecologist Marie Pochon mentioned. “There is no good EU-Mercosur agreement possible,” additionally insisted Arnaud Le Gall (LFI).

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Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission, “could rush into it and in the end there will be Mercosur,” warned Marc Fesneau, head of the MoDem group and former Minister of Agriculture, through the convention of the presidents of the Assembly.

“This agreement will be the straw that will explode the anger of French voters if the head of state does not take strong measures with the support of French deputies,” warned the breeder Jérôme. Bayle, main determine in final winter’s mobilization, invited by two deputies into the hemicycle.