In one appearance in it Italian Congressthe head of government Italian, Giorgia Melonihas this Wednesday poured cold water on the possibility that Italy supports the wish of the Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyenthat on December 20 the European Union and the Mercosur countries will sign a partnership agreement. “We consider that signing the agreement in the coming days, as has been proposed, remains premature“, he said. Italy has thus joined France.
According to the Italian agentit is necessary to “wait for the package of measures additional for the protection of agricultural sector is finalized and, at the same time, present it and discuss it with our farmers.” In fact, he continued, “in recent months we have therefore worked very intensively with the Commission [Europea] and we have achieved significant advancesin particular with the introduction of a specific mechanism of safeguardan adequate compensation fund to draw on in case of need and, more recently, a significant reinforcement of the phytosanitary controls entry”.
But, in his opinion, “all these measuresalthough they have already been presented, they are not yet completely finished“. Even so, he has clarified that this would not mean “that Italy have the intention of block u object to the agreement as a whole” and that he also trusts that, “with the beginning of next year”, all the conditions that would allow this result to be achieved will be met.
Meloni-Macron conversation
The Italian agent thus ratifies the position of prudence that the Italian Government has maintained in relation to this strategic agreementwhich has also put on the table the place of Latin America In a world where there are two other great powers, China y USAwhich have often been confronted with the European Union.
In fact, and despite Spain’s favorable opinion, Meloni has not been the only one in recent days to express opposition to the final signing of this agreement, conceived in almost three decades. The other major European country that has expressed its resentments in the last week has been France, whose Government has also asked delay next year the approval of the treated. This, because of the possibility that the pact will provoke a harsh reaction from the french countryside.
So much so that, according to the italian pressMeloni and the french president, Emmanuel Macronthey would have talked precisely about this in a telephone conversation on Sunday. TO Italy and FranceIn addition, they would also be added Poland, Ireland y Hungarywhose agricultural sectors They also oppose the agreement.
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