Spain says that it is "vital" for the EU to close the agreement with Mercosur given the international context.

The Spanish Secretary of State for the European Union, Fernando Sampedro, stated this Tuesday that it is "vital" for the community club to close its agreement with Mercosur given the international context. "In this international context, the priority for the European Union as a whole to close this agreement is vital, so we hope that this will be the case," he declared upon arrival at the meeting of ministers and secretaries of state for European Affairs of the Twenty-seven that is being held this Tuesday in Brussels. "Never have circumstances been so favorable and explained in such a clear way the urgency and the need to sign that agreement with Mercosur," he asserted. For its part, the European Commission is confident in sealing the association agreement between the European Union and Mercosur before the end of the year, despite France's request last Sunday to postpone the signing planned for next day 20 in Brazil and continue negotiating measures to protect the community's ...