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Montevideo, April 19th 2024 - 07:23 UTC

Tag: EU-Mercosur Free Trade Agreement

  • Friday, March 29th 2024 - 10:53 UTC

    FTA deal between EU and Mercosur needs to start from scratch, says Macron

    “Let’s put aside an agreement from 20 years ago and build a new” one, Macron insisted

    French President Emmanuel Macron told a business forum in São Paulo that the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the South American Common Market (Mercosur) and the European Union (EU) needed to be ”renegotiated from scratch,” Agencia Brasil reported.

  • Saturday, March 16th 2024 - 12:27 UTC

    Election time in EU; Green Deal measures are to be reviewed to try and quell farmers protests

    Farmers have organized marches on Paris, Berlin, and mostly Brussels to protest the Green Deal climate change measures

    European Parliament elections are scheduled for next June, so the European Commission faced with growing protests from farmers and their marches on some of the main cities, Berlin, France and Brussels, has in response proposed concessions on climate and environmental measures.

  • Thursday, February 29th 2024 - 11:40 UTC

    EU-Mercosur deal not this year, Peña says

    Neither Mercosur nor Paraguay will stand idly waiting for Europe's decisions, Peña stressed

    Paraguayan President Santiago Peña, who holds the pro-tempore presidency of the South American Common Market (Mercosur), ruled out Wednesday in Madrid an agreement with the European Union (EU) this year while insisting that his trip to Spain was more to offer than to ask.

  • Monday, January 29th 2024 - 10:09 UTC

    France slams the door on the EU-Mercosur Free Trade Agreement

    French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal confirms France's opposition to the EU-Mercosur trade deal, addressing farmers' concerns.

    In a move to address the ongoing protests by French farmers, Prime Minister Gabriel Attal unequivocally declared France's rejection of the EU-Mercosur free trade agreement. The decision, previously hinted at by President Emmanuel Macron, aims to alleviate the grievances of farmers who have been blocking roads and highways across the country. France's two largest farmers' unions said in a statement that they will lay siege to Paris from Monday.

  • Monday, December 4th 2023 - 10:50 UTC

    EU-Mercosur deal slowly vanishing

    Rich countries always want more, Lula said

    The European Union's Commissioner who was due to attend the Dec. 7 Mercosur Summit in Rio de Janeiro to sign the trade agreement between both blocs has canceled his trip, it was reported Sunday. According to the Financial Times, Valdis Dombrovskis shall not be attending the event, which in addition to announcements in Buenos Aires and Brasilia coupled with further negative statements from French President Emmanuel Macron, would amount to the end. at least for now, of the much-heralded agreement.

  • Tuesday, July 18th 2023 - 22:46 UTC

    Lacalle Pou urges swift action on EU-Mercosur Agreement: “Enough of 25 years of negotiations”

    President Lacalle Pou cautioned against excessive protectionism. He stressed the need for swift decision-making in the face of a rapidly evolving world

    In a strong plea for progress on the Free Trade Agreement between the European Union and Mercosur, Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou demanded an end to decades of fruitless negotiations, urging the involved parties to reach an agreement.

  • Wednesday, July 5th 2023 - 10:59 UTC

    Mercosur challenges EU's environmental demands in FTA; Uruguay goes rogue again

    “It is imperative that Mercosur presents a rapid and forceful response” to the EU, Lula said

    Argentina Tuesday handed over the Pro Tempore Presidency of Mercosur to Brazil and Uruguay refused to sign the joint declaration after the bloc's 62nd Summit in the Argentine city of Puerto Iguazú in the northeastern province of Misiones.

  • Thursday, June 29th 2023 - 10:42 UTC

    Portuguese President wants EU-Mercosur deal ratified this year

    “If we choose the path of democracy, we choose the path of the dignity of the person,” Rebelo stressed

    Portugal's President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa said Wednesday it was essential that an agreement between Mercosur and the European Union (EU) “be concluded as soon as possible,” Agencia Brasil reported. Rebelo made those remarks during a forum in Lisbon which was also attended by Brazilian Vice President Geraldo Alckmin, who is also the South American country's Minister of Development, Industry, Commerce, and Services.

  • Wednesday, June 14th 2023 - 10:55 UTC

    France's Lower House votes against EU-Mercosur FTA

    Macronist Deputy Eléonore Cariot warned unsuccessfully that “if France and the EU” disengage from Latin America, “China and Russia will come.”

    France's National Assembly (Lower House) Tuesday voted 281 to 58 against the approval of the EU- Mercosur trade deal on the grounds that it “may encourage” deforestation, among other issues contrary to the country's interests, it was reported in Paris.

  • Saturday, June 10th 2023 - 10:34 UTC

    French minister warns against rushing EU-Mercosur deal

    Brazil is currently “engaging in a strong energy transition” under Lula, Becht said

    France's Junior Trade Minister Olivier Becht expressed his concerns said this week during his visit to Brazil about concluding the EU-Mercosur deal too hastily. While his country does want a deal concluded between the European Union and South America’s Mercosur, Becht warns against entering into it too quickly, without assurances on environmental and social issues.

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