EU-Mercosur: Satisfied with the M5S and League vote, regret from the Pd

'By referring the Mercosur agreement to the Court of Justice of the European Union,' Barrot commented, 'the European Parliament has expressed itself in line with the position we have defended. France does not hesitate to say no when necessary, and history often proves her right. The fight continues to protect our agriculture and guarantee our food sovereignty'.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz had a different opinion: 'The decision to take the trade agreement with Mercosur to the EU Court of Justice,' he said, 'does not take the current geopolitical situation into account.

Among the Italian parliamentarians, the Five Star Movement and the League rejoice at the Europarliamentary vote, while regret is expressed by the PD.

'The European Parliament vote,' reads a note from the M5S delegation in Strasbourg, 'is a victory for farmers and a resounding personal defeat for Ursula von der Leyen and Giorgia Meloni.

'On Mercosur,' wrote the leghist MEPs, 'Ursula von der Leyen's work has been rejected. The vote of her own political majority took care of it. An action that, for weeks, we of the League have been denouncing as opaque in its methods and inadequate in its contents. The political significance of this vote also shows us that a certain macro-economic model, based on the dismantling of trade protection instruments, is no longer in good health and is, on the contrary, going through a profound identity crisis'.

The Democratic Party, on the other hand, takes a different view. "Creating the largest trading bloc in the world," commented Pd MEP Brando Benifei, "would represent a fundamental pillar of a rules-based multilateral order and an economic advantage for both EU citizens and Mercosur countries. Blocking or delaying this path means weakening the EU's ability to act strategically in the global scenario. We take note of the outcome of the vote but can only express regret for a choice that prevents Parliament from immediately starting the process of democratic scrutiny of the agreement and also its possible final approval. The promoters of this resolution," Benifei added, "have succeeded in convincing many MEPs by claiming that a request for an opinion to the Court would not harm the agreement. This is not the case: this vote risks jeopardising a strategic opportunity for Europe and makes us weaker in a deeply unstable geopolitical context'.