According to the parliamentarian, the negotiating team will meet again next Wednesday, February 4, to “reevaluate the situation”
The European Parliament has not yet taken a decision on resuming ordinary legislative procedures for voting on the trade agreement between the European Union (EU) and the United States, German MEP Bernd Lange said on Monday. In a publication in
According to the parliamentarian, who presides over INTA, the negotiating team will meet again next Wednesday, February 4, to “reevaluate the situation”.
The statement signals that the impasse surrounding the ratification of the pact remains without an immediate solution, after Parliament decided to freeze the vote for an indefinite period.
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The EU-US agreement has been under pressure since US President Donald Trump’s threats involving Greenland, which led European leaders to question the political environment to move forward with ratification.
In this context, the European Union’s so-called “commercial bazooka” – the Anti-Coercion Instrument – returned to the debate, a framework created in 2021 that allows the bloc to impose trade and investment restrictions against countries that exert undue pressure on Member States.
Despite discussions, the use of the instrument is seen as an extreme measure that is slow to activate, and could take months to come into force. Meanwhile, European authorities reiterate that the priority remains dialogue and political assessment of the agreement.
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*With information from the Associated Press
