After the provisional application of the EU‑Mercosur agreement, pursued by the Council despite the European Parliament’s appeal before the CJEU, we discover that the European Commission has orchestrated a new unprecedented transfer of commercial sovereignty through a novel technical agreement. Instead of allowing European companies holding an import licence to choose their suppliers, as has always been the case, and of having a mechanism that prohibits any importer from monopolising more than 15 % of the import flow, the agreement has entrusted the management of agricultural quotas to the exporting states themselves. This mechanism thus paves the way for a massive capture of quotas by agri‑food giants backed by Mercosur countries, with the Brazilian multinational JBS – the world’s largest meat‑processing company – at the forefront. This could set its prices just below those of the European market. This scandalous distortion of competition would directly harm our farmers. Under the guise of free trade, Brussels is arranging the conditions for a monopoly that tomorrow will attack the European market without restraint. Against this latest systematic abandonment of our economic and food autonomy, I have joined Céline Imart’s initiative. We ask that the Commission explain this unacceptable enforcement measure for our producers and withdraw it without delay. The Commission’s choice is neither neutral nor technical. It is political. It must be firmly opposed. __📲 Share on X!
Translated from French, view original