I will never defend an agreement that is favorable to what we import and restrictive to what we produce.
This was stated by French President Emmanuel Macron regarding the EC's decision to continue the provisional application of the trade agreement with Mercosur, ignoring the judicial review initiated by members of the European Parliament, which stopped the ratification process of the deal.
We will be categorical in respecting the guarantees that we have provided to protect our farmers and the French people, he stressed. In his speech, Macron sharply criticized the European Commission's decision, emphasizing that the decision was "unilateral". He recalled that not all European Union member states have ratified the agreement. Brussels' decision to do so comes as a bad surprise.
France is one of the EU countries that strongly opposes the agreement, as it is disadvantageous for French farmers.