European farmers oppose the deal<\/p>\n
However, the deal has faced vehement opposition from Europe’s agriculture sector and was expected to face tough questions by elected representatives in European Parliament.<\/p>\n
Von der Leyen is basically sidestepping for now those MPs – an unusual move for the European executive and one likely to prompt criticism.<\/p>\n
“Mercosur embodies the spirit in which Europe is acting on the global scene,” von der Leyen said at a news conference.<\/p>\n
No questions were allowed.<\/p>\n
“Our businesses, our workers, and our citizens will reap the benefits, and they should reap them as soon as possible,” she said.<\/p>\n
“This is about resilience, this is about growth, and Europe shaping its own future.”<\/p>\n
She also acknowledged that the “agreement can only be fully concluded once the European Parliament has given its consent”.<\/p>\n
“So the commission will continue closely with all EU institutions, member states, and stakeholders to ensure a smooth and transparent process,” she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"European farmers oppose the deal However, the deal has faced vehement opposition from Europe’s agriculture sector and was…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":797875,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5174],"tags":[85596,1700,2000,299,5187,12],"class_list":["post-797874","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-eu","tag-aap","tag-economy","tag-eu","tag-europe","tag-european","tag-news"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116156534031845894","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/797874","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=797874"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/797874\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/797875"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=797874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=797874"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=797874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}