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The political battle is far from over, promises the Elysée. While negotiations between the European Commission and Mercosur on a free trade agreement were concluded on Friday December 6, the French presidency considers that the text “remains unacceptable as it stands”. “The Commission has completed its negotiating work with Mercosur, it is its responsibility, but the agreement has neither been signed nor ratified. This is therefore not the end of the story”said the presidential palace. Follow our live stream.
Ursula von der Leyen congratulates herself. The European Commission listened “concerns” of the European agricultural sector and introduced “guarantees”said its president Ursula von der Leyen on Friday. “It’s an agreement that will benefit both” parts and “will bring significant benefits to consumers and businesses” if it is approved, she declared, announcing the outcome of the negotiations.
LFI and the RN charge Emmanuel Macron. La France insoumise denounced in a press release “an agreement (…) concluded by force in contempt of people and the planet”. For the leader of the LFI deputies, Mathilde Panot, Emmanuel “Macron is complicit in the death of the French agricultural model”. The President of the Republic makes “pretending to oppose” to the treaty, assures Laure Lavalette, spokesperson for the RN group in the Assembly. She responded to Gabriel Attal, who accuses the oppositions of having “weakened France’s voice in Europe” by overthrowing the government.
-The agricultural sector speaks of a “stab”. “It’s a stab in the face that has been dealt to French farmers.”reacted the vice-president of the FNSEA, Luc Smessaert, Friday on franceinfo. The mobilization of farmers against the draft agreement, which has been going on since the end of November, could harden. “Actions have already taken place, there is an urgent need to be heard before things boil over.”believes Luc Smessaert.
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