The region of the Belgian says he is “all there is” to the contrary, the EU-Mercosur agreement

Agricultural regions of Europe, are in agreement with the Mercosur because of a possible increase in the competition

St. Paul and The government of the belgian region of Wallonia, which is blocked for the day, in 2016 the signing by the The European Union (EU), the trade agreement with Canada, “it is completely contrary to that of the (Mercosur), said its president, on Monday.

“We are totally opposed to it. The government of Wallonia, it's not,” he said on the radio, RTBF in Belgium, Elio Di, the Group, the chairman of the regional government of Wallonia, and the former belgian prime minister between the years 2011 and 2014.

The political fear of the consequences of the agreement on agriculture, in Wallonia, and also, it requires that the countries of the southern common market (Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, and Paraguay), they apply the same rules as the health of the EU.

With the approval of Wallonia, as well as from the other regions of Belgium, and is necessary to ensure that the belgian government to give its approval for the signing of the agreement by the Council of the european union, which brings together the countries of the bloc.

The negotiators of the EU and of the Mercosur they came to an agreement in June, after 20 years of negotiations, they have to go through an audit prior to the formal signing.

At the end of 2016, at a time that is similar to the current in the Mercosur, only to Wallonia has blocked the adoption of Belgium, according to Canada, leading to a diplomatic crisis for several days prior to the reversal.

the regional parliament should vote for in the next few days for a resolution, discussed in the second year, a parliamentary committee, which calls on the government of the Wallonia “the report officially by the federal government and its opposition to the deal”.

The treaty will have a negative impact on respect of the goals of the climate Agreement in Paris, and to the environment, public health, and the development of a model of the agri-food development in Wallonia”, says the text.

“The national conversation”

The European Commission estimates that the formal signing of the text is to be done by the end of 2020, prior to the European Parliament will ratify it, but it must first convince the other countries want such as Austria, France, germany, and Ireland.

The rapporteur in the European Parliament and of the agreement between the European Union (EU) and Mercosur), the member of parliament, Jordi Cañas, he called for the pact to be taken out of the “national conversation”, and warning you about its importance to the block, in the face of a global rivals such as China and the United States of america.

“The whole world should act with responsibility and make the discussion of the Mercosur in the national conversation,” he said Cañas in the CAR, noting the statements of politicians “to be respected,” which used a “to the agreement in an irresponsible manner, to national issues”.

The member of the liberal Spanish Cañas asked for it, so in a debate on “rational” rather than “ideology”, as was the case in his opinion, at the end of December, when it was discussed in the Parliament, the adaptation of the agreement, Mercosur, the Pact with the Green of the new European Commission under the proposed conservation.

“What was the purpose? Demonization of the Mercosur,” he told AFP, Cañas, noting that the debate is over the Covenant, the Green focus only on the agreement with the countries of South America, and not in “the business model is that the eu is putting it on the table in the negotiations”.

The member of trust in the adoption of the agreement on the European Parliament, though he feels “a little tight” to their adoption, at the beginning of 2021. He made a commitment to uncover the attempted use of the deal in a “misrepresentation”.

“If Europe wants to be a global player, if you want to advocate for the sustainable growth, and if you want to advocate for the respect of the environment, and if you want to make sure that the market will continue to flourish, you need to wager on, and Mercosur), it is a safe bet,” he said.

Cañas has warned the EU that it “is based on their wealth and well-being of exports” is facing “a new global competitors in quality products such as China and the United States.” “Europe will have to find alternative markets, and mature, and therefore it is in the Mercosur,” he said.