Just before Emmanuel Macron's trip to a European summit in Brussels on Thursday, the Élysée
"believes to know"
that the European Commission
"asked its negotiators to end the current discussion sessions in Brazil"
on an agreement with the Mercosur countries (Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay).
“
At present... the conditions for concluding the negotiations are not met
,” admitted a Commission spokesperson on Tuesday.
In front of his bale of straw on a roadblock of farmers in Haute-Garonne, Friday, Prime Minister Gabriel Attal affirmed that
“France clearly opposes, as it has done since the first day by voice of the President of the Republic, upon the signing of the Mercosur treaty.
I repeat it here very clearly, very clearly, the President of the Republic has always opposed it and we continue and will continue to oppose it
.
A real sea serpent. This controversial free trade agreement project, discussed…
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