The French Executive asks to postpone the agreement with Mercosur because it cannot be "at the expense of the farmers."

France called this Sunday for the postponement of the signing of the trade agreement between the European Union and Mercosur, scheduled for next day 20 in Brazil, and for negotiations on "legitimate" protection measures for European agriculture to continue. "With the Mercosur summit scheduled for December 20, it is clear in this context that the conditions are not met for the EU Council to vote on the authorization of the signing of the agreement," said French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu in a statement four days before the EU heads of State and Government meet in Brussels in their last meeting of the year. "France can only issue a definitive statement based on concrete, precise, and operational elements, not on mere announcements. Therefore, France requests that the December deadlines be postponed so that work can continue and legitimate protection measures for our European agriculture can be guaranteed," he added. The French government is again confronted with the anger of ...