On Friday EU and the South American States, Mercosur, after 20 years of negotiations have concluded a comprehensive free trade agreement. Now France landscape, and raises new claims.
A Tarine cow in the French Alps
In the face of harsh criticism from farmers and environmentalists on trade agreements between the EU and the South American trade bloc, Mercosur, France has demanded additional guarantees for the protection of the Amazon rain forest and to the French cattle breeders. “France is currently not ready to ratify the agreement,” said government spokesperson Sibeth Ndiaye to the channel BFM TV. Paris will look at the agreement “in Detail” and “depending on these Details to decide”.
Paris have rules, “hardship” for sugar farmers and cattle breeders beet demanded, said Ndiaye. You would have to make a ban on imports from South America is possible, if in these industries, the negative effects should show. The environment Minister, François de Rugy added in the station Europe-1, Brazil had to comply with its obligations in the fight against deforestation in the Amazon region, otherwise the agreement would not be ratified. The future of the EU-Commission and especially the new majority in the EU Parliament would have to take the agreement, “apart”, before they ratified it, asked de Rugy. The President of France, Emmanuel Macron had threatened the President of Brazil Jair Bolsonaro previously, the agreement not to sign, if Brazil exit from the agreement on climate protection.
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The European Union and the Mercosur countries had agreed in Brussels on Friday on a long-term comprehensive agreement to form the largest free trade zone in the world. To belong to the economic bloc of Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay. The EU Commission negotiated agreement must be approved, similar to the CETA agreement with Canada – still of the 28 member States, and subsequently by the European Parliament.
The South Americans prevailed in the negotiations for a greater Opening of the European market for their agricultural products, especially beef. In several EU countries, farmer associations criticized the agreement, sharp, you anticipate unfair competition because of the unequal requirements of the protection of the environment. Also, President of Macron and his colleagues from Ireland, Poland and Belgium had expressed to the EU Commission prior to the conclusion of the agreement their “deep concern” that the agreement could have a serious impact on the agriculture of their countries. Environmentalists also fear that even more agricultural cultivation of rain forest land to be further cut down.
EU agriculture Commissioner Phil Hogan has already stated for the compensation of the financial help for European farmers in view. It should come to a distortion of competition, could be put up to a billion euros, he said. European agriculture is already highly dependent on EU subsidies, depending on the.
kle/OS (afp, dpa)