Lula: Italy asked for more time to approve agreement with Mercosur

President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva stated this Thursday (18) that the Italian Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni, requested a few more days to try to overcome internal resistance to the trade agreement between the European Union and Mercosur, as reported by Agência Brasil. According to Agência Brasil, the trade treaty of the European bloc with the group formed by Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay had been predicted to be signed during the Mercosur Leaders' Summit, scheduled for next Saturday (20), in Foz do Iguaçu (PR), but has been contested especially by France, which fears losing competitiveness in agriculture, and now by the Italians. In conversation with Prime Minister Meloni, she explained to me that she is not against the agreement. She is only experiencing some political embarrassment due to Italian farmers, but she is certain she can convince them to accept the agreement. And so, she asked me if we could be patient for one week, 10 days, a maximum of one month, Italy ...