2023-12-02 22:16:00
In the United Nations climate conference (COP28) held in Dubai, the French president Emmanuel Macron talked about Javier Miley and made clear his position on the climate problems that plague the planet. Furthermore, he announced that he will travel to Brazil on March 27 to discuss with his colleague Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva the trade agreement between the European Union (EU) and Mercosur.
In dialogue with journalists, the French president revealed: “I had the opportunity to talk with President Javier Milei. He has several very bold proposals for his country.”
However, part of the attention on his speech regarding the libertarian was his opinion regarding the climate issue. Before being elected, Milei stated that he does not believe in global warming, something that earned him countless criticisms.
Said Macron: “In recent years I have had to work with presidents who, at times, presented very bold proposals. We were always able to establish a dialogue and do something reasonable. Therefore, we will do everything in our power to maintain cooperation and even enrich it with Argentina. And I hope you come on board when it comes to climate issues because you will see that this is good for your country too.”
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Macrón, the meeting with Lula and the European Union-Mercosur agreement
The French president justified that there was an “extremely dense bilateral agenda” and “a very broad coincidence of points of view” with Lula, whom he considered a “visionary” and “brave” president.
Among the coincidences, he cited “the fight against deforestation (…), defense issues, economic interests and cultural issues.” Both leaders will also discuss the future of the trade agreement between the EU and Mercosur (Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay), sealed in 2019 after 20 years of arduous negotiations.
The agreement, however, has not been ratified due to the concerns of the European bloc about environmental policies, especially Brazil. This agreement is “completely contradictory” with what President Lula “is doing in Brazil,” he stated. Macron.
The pact “does not take into account biodiversity and the climate” and is reduced to a “badly patched” agreement, which “dismantles tariffs” as was done before, he alleged.
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The French president asked, among other things, that the agreement reward “Brazil for its forestry policy.” “The international community and the European Union must help them and therefore give them carbon credits so that they do not deforest, because they have a forest treasure in Brazil,” he insisted, referring to the Amazon.
“Each country has the right to have its own position. It has always been more difficult to reach an agreement with France, because it is more protectionist. The European Union does not have the same position; it thinks differently,” declared the Brazilian president before journalists. in Dubai.
Negotiations between both parties are continuing for the moment, despite Brazil and Argentina describing the EU’s demands as “partial” and “unacceptable.”
The Brazilian president and the president of the European Commission, Ursula Von der Leyen, agreed that “there was significant progress in the meetings between the technical teams of the two sides” in recent days, especially after a telephone communication between the two, he said. the Presidency of Brazil in a statement. “The EU is committed to closing this deal,” Von der Leyen wrote in X on Friday.
The next Mercosur regional summit will take place on December 7 in Rio de Janeiro, three days before the inauguration of ultra-liberal Javier mercy in Argentina. Brazil fears that his coming to power will make the agreement fail.
AFP/Gi
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