Mercosur, “an economic opportunity and a political necessity” for EU, says Von der Leyen, but “an unacceptable pact” for France
Link Securities | The President of the European Commission (EC), Ursula von der Leyen, on Friday in Montevideo closed the trade agreement with the Mercosur countries that the European Union (EU) has been negotiating with this region for 25 years. The agreement is still flatly opposed by France, whose President, Emmanuel Macron, warned the day before that the pact in its current state “is unacceptable”, although he failed to stop…