Emmanuel Macron in Brussels to continue the “standoff” over the Mercosur agreement. Head of State is due to meet this Thursday with the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen.
In recent days, Paris has increased pressure on this agreement being negotiated between the Commission and four Latin American countries. In the presidential entourage, it is said that the real objective, by demanding environmental clauses, aims to postpone the discussions indefinitely. But, in Paris, we assume to stage an opposition on the grounds of “rules which are not homogeneous with ours”