Mercosur settlement: Europe in peril | FAZ | EUROtoday

If Commission President von der Leyen may seal the free commerce settlement between the EU and the South American Mercosur alliance along with her signature in Brazil on Saturday, it could be a uncommon signal of Europe’s unity.

Negotiations have dragged on for greater than 25 years; an settlement was inside attain a 12 months in the past, but it surely was solely this week that the European Parliament put apart its ultimate issues. Anyway.

On the opposite aspect of the Atlantic, heads of state as numerous as Lula and Milei hope that Europe will lastly give them the chance to discover a third method between dependence on state-capitalist China and the United States, which additionally solely seeks their very own benefit.

But as a substitute of assembly the South of America on an equal footing and counting on the immense potential of an financial space of ​​greater than 700 million individuals, Macron and Meloni are making themselves the bosses of their respective agricultural sectors.

But what’s at stake is nothing lower than Europe’s capability to behave, no completely different than on the subject of supporting Ukraine. There shouldn’t be a lot time left to persuade the rising variety of doubters concerning the that means of the EU venture. Trump has lengthy since written it off. Hopefully not rightly so.