“We will continue to oppose” the Mercosur free commerce treaty, says Emmanuel Macron | EUROtoday

Emmanuel Macron affirmed, Sunday November 17, in Buenos Aires that France “would not sign as is” the free commerce treaty between the European Union (EU) and Mercosur. Claiming to need “reassure farmers”he added that “we will continue to oppose”.

“France opposes this agreement. And I’ll tell you: the president [Javier] Milei told me himself that he was not satisfied with this agreement”declared the President of the Republic, following a go to to Argentina throughout which he spoke twice with the Argentine President.

Asked whether or not the EU may override the French place, the pinnacle of state replied “I don’t think so”.

Russian President Vladimir Putin “doesn’t want peace” with kyiv and “is not ready to negotiate”additionally estimated Emmanuel Macron, after an enormous Russian assault towards the Ukrainian vitality community. “I believe it is clear that President Putin’s intentions are to intensify his fighting”he estimated the French president, who didn’t rule out talking once more to his Russian counterpart, however solely when the ” context “ will lend itself to it.