MIL-OSI Europe: Written question – Impact of Mercosur on Romanian agriculture and new EUR 1 billion fund – E-000398/2025

Question for written answer  E-000398/2025
to the Commission
Rule 144
Daniel Buda (PPE), Dan-Ştefan Motreanu (PPE)

The EU-Mercosur Agreement, signed on 6 December 2024, is still to be approved by the Council of the EU and the European Parliament and ratified by all the Member States. However, the agreement could become operational as from 2026, two years prior to the entry into force of the EU’s future multiannual budgetary framework (MFF) for 2028-2034.

At the INTA Committee meeting of 16 January 2025, the Commissioner for Trade and Economic Security, Maroš Šefčovič, revealed that a new fund worth EUR 1 billion was to be established for farmers affected by the Mercosur Agreement.

• 1.How will the Commission create this new fund under the current MFF without transferring money from existing funds and programmes?
• 2.The Commissioner also stated there will potentially be small decreases in prices and in production, both of which were estimated at between 0.5 and 2 %. These estimates for Europe as a whole provide no information on what may be a disproportionate impact between different regions or Member States. What impact does the Commission expect Mercosur will have on the Romanian agricultural sector and the competitiveness of Romanian farmers?

Submitted: 29.1.2025