“We will continue to oppose” the Mercosur free trade agreement, says Emmanuel Macron

Emmanuel Macron stated, on Sunday, November 17, in Buenos Aires that France “I wouldn’t sign as it is” the free trade agreement between the European Union (EU) and Mercosur. Claiming to want “reassure farmers”added that “We will continue to oppose”.

“France opposes this agreement. And I will tell you: the president [Javier] Milei herself told me that she was not satisfied with this agreement.”declared the President of the Republic, after a visit to Argentina during which he spoke twice with the Argentine President.

When asked if the EU could overturn the French position, the head of state responded “I don’t think so”.

Russian President Vladimir Putin “he doesn’t want peace” with Kyiv and “not willing to negotiate”Emmanuel Macron also estimated, after a massive Russian attack against the Ukrainian energy network. “I think it is clear that President Putin’s intentions are to intensify his fight”estimated the French president, who does not rule out talking to his Russian counterpart again, but only when the ” context “ will lend itself to it.