Ceta: no vote in the National Assembly before the European elections, announces Franck Riester. “We do not want, as we saw in the Senate, for certain opposition groups to exploit this legitimate debate for political purposes,” he says.
The Ceta agreement, which removes most of the customs duties between the EU and Canada, “is good for France,’ he adds. In the event of rejection, the equation would then become very complex for the government: either it notifies Brussels that it cannot ratify the treaty.