France will oppose the EU-Mercosur pact if Brussels tries to impose it and Italy warns that it is "premature"

French President Emmanuel Macron assured this Wednesday that France will "firmly oppose" the European Union and Mercosur agreement if the European institutions, the Commission and the Council, attempt to "impose it," reported Government spokesperson Maud Bregeon. Macron made this statement during the meeting of the Council of Ministers held this Wednesday at the Élysée Palace, on the eve of the European summit where the heads of State and Government would have to give their qualified majority approval for the signing of the trade treaty, which would be formalized on Saturday in Brazil. Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu specified in a session of questions to the Government in the Senate that if the European Commission "wants to force through this weekend" the signing of the agreement between the EU and Mercosur, and submit it to the vote of the European Council, "France will vote against." Macron, who called on Sunday for a postponement of the signing of the agreement, believes that ...