In the long-term negotiations between the EU and Mercosur on a multi-sector free trade agreement, the president of the National Rally Jordan Bardella on Monday called on Emmanuel Macron to defend French farmers in Brussels against “German cars”.
The president of the National Rally Jordan Bardella on Monday called on Emmanuel Macron to defend French farmers in Brussels against “German cars” in the long-term negotiations between the EU and Mercosur on a multi-sector free trade agreement. “It is the responsibility of the President of the Republic to go before Madame Von der Leyen (the president of the European Commission) and to tell her that from now on he intends to ensure that French interests are respected,” Jordan said. Bardella on BFMTV-RMC.
Emmanuel Macron must request a new exemption from the CAP rule
“As long as Germany, in all the free trade agreements that are negotiated, puts all its weight behind it to continue to export German cars to the detriment of French agriculture, well Emmanuel Macron will sit empty chair” , he pleaded. In this negotiation with Mercosur, the EU wishes to be able to export more industrial goods and services to Latin American countries which for their part want greater access to the European agricultural market. Friday, Gabriel Attal repeated that “France is very clearly opposed” to “the signing” of this trade agreement, in negotiation since 1999. The European Commissioner for Trade, Valdis Dombrovskis, recently hoped to be able to conclude the negotiations this year.
During Thursday’s European summit in Brussels, Emmanuel Macron must also request a new exemption from the CAP rule on the fallowing of 4% of arable land to support biodiversity. Agriculture Minister Marc Fesneau is due to plead for these measures during an interview with the Agriculture Commissioner on Tuesday in Brussels. According to Jordan Bardella, if the measures announced Friday by Gabriel Attal “go in the right direction”, they only tackle “10% of the problem” because “90% of the problem is located in Brussels”.