The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, bluntly puts the cards on the table: “Mercosur is shutting down!”
“It must not and cannot be that the Amazon region and our farmers are sacrificed with this pact for the profit of a few companies,” said agricultural expert Sebastian Theissing-Matei of Greenpeace, appalled at the clear statement by the President of the European Commission.
stimulate negotiations
The World Economic Forum in Davos (Switzerland) used this to give hope to the world’s powerful that the free trade agreement with Brazil would soon be concluded. She wanted to boost the stalled negotiations.
“Must Prevent Pact”
As reported, Austrian farmers are threatened with a fiasco because they are powerless at the mercy of the hormone meat surplus. Cheap imports of sugar and ethanol could also seal their fate. Farmers’ Union Director Paul Nemecek and Turkish EU Mandate Alex Bernhuber announced their intention to attack Mercosur: “We must prevent the pact.”
Source: Krone
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