Source: European Parliament
Question for written answer E-001872/2024
to the Commission
Rule 144
Jordan Bardella (PfE)
At the start of September 2024, a new round of negotiations between the EU and Mercosur was launched with a view to finalising the trade agreement between the two parties by the end of 2024.
In addition to its devastating environmental aspects, this agreement will foster additional unfair competition for French farmers, who are once again to be sacrificed at the altar of free trade and exports by German manufacturers[1].
According to the Financial Times[2], the Commission’s negotiators are keen to move forward with the agreement, sidelining the positions of France and Austria so that they will be outvoted, despite the French Government having assured farmers that France would oppose the deal.
In fact, the events in Brussels in the coming weeks will no doubt equate to a further betrayal of farmers, culminating in the conclusion of a free trade agreement with dire consequences for French agriculture.
- 1.Does the Commission currently have a mandate from France to finalise the negotiations on the Mercosur agreement?
- 2.What are the main conclusions on the items that were on the agenda of the negotiations of 4, 5 and 6 September and discussed at the last negotiators’ meeting?
Submitted: 30.9.2024