Macron, France will vote against the Mercosur agreement

French President Emmanuel Macron announced that France will vote against the EU-Mercosur free trade agreement and cited a "unanimous political rejection" in this regard. Despite the "undeniable progress" for which the European Commission is to be credited, "there is a unanimous political rejection of the agreement, as the recent debates in the National Assembly and the Senate have clearly shown" in France, the head of state said in a note. "The signing stage of the agreement is not the end of the matter. I will continue to fight for the full and concrete implementation of the commitments obtained from the European Commission and to protect our farmers," he added.