Mercosur, France warns EU companions: «It isn’t acceptable for the time being» | EUROtoday

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France continues to reject the deliberate free commerce settlement between the EU and Mercosur states. This is what the French Minister of Economy and Finance reiterated to the German press in latest hours. “In its current form, the treaty is not acceptable,” Roland Lescure defined to the enterprise every day ‘Handelsblatt’. This might compromise the journey scheduled for subsequent Saturday to Brazil by the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, to signal the free commerce settlement with Mercosur (an financial bloc that brings collectively Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay).

Conditions in France

According to European sources, EU member states are anticipated to touch upon the commerce settlement as an entire between December 16 and 19. However, the Twenty-Seven are awaiting the European Parliament’s vote on safeguard measures aimed toward reassuring farmers, notably French ones, who oppose the treaty. This is why acquiring a “strong and effective protection clause” is a part of the “three conditions” set by France earlier than giving its inexperienced gentle. Another situation is that the principles utilized within the EU for manufacturing “must also be applied to production in partner countries”. Finally, “import controls” are vital. In brief, warns Minister Lescure, “until we have obtained guarantees on these three points, France will not accept the agreement”.