No, it's no. Emmanuel Macron “said” no again this Thursday to the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, on the EU-Mercosur agreement. Because for the moment, the file is “unacceptable as it stands”, reported the Elysée.
This draft trade agreement between the European Union and the Mercosur countries naturally returned to the table this Thursday while the President of the European Commission is in South America in Montevideo (Uruguay). “We will continue to tirelessly defend our agricultural sovereignty,” indicated the French presidency in a message published on X, while Ursula von der Leyen had just arrived for a key summit, where she could finalize this agreement. A signature despite strong opposition from France which is concerned about this free trade agreement and its impact on the environment and European farmers.
Ursula von der Leyen also announced that she would participate on Saturday in the reopening ceremony of Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris, where around fifty heads of state and government are expected, including the elected President of the United States Donald Trump. She will therefore also meet Emmanuel Macron there.
The French government opposition is also outraged
The announcement of Ursula von der Leyen's trip to South America comes at a time when France seems to be weakened politically with the fall of Michel Barnier's government. “The presence in Uruguay of Ursula von der Leyen, who boasts of accelerating the finalization of the agreement with Mercosur, is a real provocation,” wrote the president of the National Rally Jordan Bardella on X.
Our file on the agreement with Mercosur
He calls on Emmanuel Macron to “announce France’s firm and definitive no to this dangerous agreement” in his speech to the French scheduled for Thursday evening. Same story from LFI with Manuel Bompard who added by emphasizing that “France must clearly say that it will never accept this agreement! “.
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