Live – Farmers’ anger: the government will propose a debate in Parliament followed by a vote on the EU-Mercosur agreement

Emmanuel Macron affirmed this Monday at the G20 in Rio de Janeiro that France was “not isolated” in its opposition “as it stands” to the trade agreement between the European Union and the Latin American countries of Mercosur, believing that several countries are “joining” it.

“This text (…) because it has been initiated for several decades, is based on prerequisites which are obsolete,” said the French president in front of journalists. He put forward the idea of ​​”rethinking the relationship with this sub-region, either Mercosur, or perhaps Brazil, because I understand that Argentina perhaps does not want to do it within a framework regional”.

He explained that he had “proposed” to Brazilian President Lula to initiate “new work to try to develop a joint investment framework, but which protects” French and European agriculture.

“In this regard, we really want not to import agricultural products which do not respect the rules that we have imposed on ourselves” in environmental and health matters, he argued.