Tag: Annie Genevard

• Monday, November 10th 2025 - 10:26 UTC

  French minister vows to block EU-Mercosur FTA out of concern for its farmers

  

  France has once again cast a negative note on the proposed Free Trade Agreement between the European Union (EU) and the Southern Common Market (Mercosur). Agriculture Minister Annie Genevard stated emphatically that her country would not sign a deal that “condemns its farmers.”

• Sunday, November 10th 2024 - 15:23 UTC

  France lobbying among EU partners to veto trade agreement with Mercosur

  

  French Agriculture minister, Annie Genevard has declared to her country’s media that Paris is trying to convince “maximum number of countries”, such as Belgium, Bulgaria, Austria, Ireland and “even maybe Italy” to set up a veto system to impede the signing of a trade agreement between the European Union and Mercosur, the South American trade group.