Criticism of the EU Mercosur Agreement: Danger for the climate and farms!

Criticism of the EU Mercosur Agreement: Danger for the climate and farms!

Graz, Österreich - Violent debates are burning through the EU Mercosur Agreement, which was announced on Friday at the Mercosur summit in Uruguay. The EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, together with the heads of state and government of the Mercosur countries, presented a fundamental cleaning that has the potential to create the largest trading zone in the world and combine over 720 million people. Economic Minister Martin Kocher is under pressure to defend Austria's veto against the agreement, since it receives serious criticism from organizations such as "Welthaus Graz", which classify the agreement as "fire-safe" and indicate massive threats to human rights as well as climate and environmental protection, such as Kathpress reported .

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The working group of farming agriculture is also critical of and warns of an increase in price pressure on European farmers, which could particularly affect milk production. Representatives of the AG fear that only large companies with many animals and the lowest prices will be able to survive while ecoland construction could decrease in Europe. These concerns have also been taken up by Deutschlandfunk , where protests are above all in France and Germany, since more and more people are on the negative effects of the negative effects Agreement.

The agreement that has been negotiated for 25 years is said to reduce tariffs and boost trade. However, critics warn that the environment and animal welfare could suffer greatly while only a few large companies would benefit. In view of these challenges, some EU countries have already taken measures to reject the agreement in its current form. Chancellor Scholz described the agreement as a unique opportunity and wants to keep the dialogue open about the concerns of farmers, but given the violent resistance, the final ratification in the EU could encounter difficulties.