the French authorities opposes a provisional software of the free commerce treaty | EUROtoday

The French authorities would think about a provisional software of the free commerce treaty with the Mercosur international locations as “a form of democratic rape” after the referral, on Wednesday January 21, to the Court of Justice of the European Union (EU) by the European Parliament.

If the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, “were to pass by force by imposing a provisional application, this would constitute, as it stands, having regard to the vote which took place yesterday [mercredi] in Strasbourg, a form of democratic rape. I don’t imagine that could be the case.”declared Thursday, January 22, authorities spokesperson Maud Bregeon on Europe 1-CNews.

Before the choice of the European justice, the Commission has the best to use the treaty provisionally. But it isn’t determined at this stage, underlines Brussels, which has expressed its “deep disappointment” after the shut vote in Parliament. For Maud Bregeon, “the consequences, particularly on the link that people have with the European Union, would be profoundly harmful”.

Von der Leyen “does not embody the European Union”

She additionally strongly criticized Ursula von der Leyen, difficult her function in embodying the EU. The President of the Commission “does not embody the European Union. Those who embody the European Union are the MEPs, they are the heads of state, they are the people and the interests they have in common”she estimated, though the Commission is likely one of the three EU establishments.

The referral to the Court of Justice of the EU might delay by a yr and a half the general vote by the European Parliament on the ratification of this treaty concluded with Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay.

The Commission and nearly all of European states had been in favor of this free commerce treaty. All pressured the necessity to implement the settlement as shortly as doable, significantly at a time when American President Donald Trump is threatening new customs duties in opposition to Europe.