2023-09-11 16:19:00
In a conversation with the French president, Emmanuel Macron, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) told him that the new environmental demands of the Europeans to close the agreement between the European Union and Mercosur seem “offensive” and “inadmissible.” “.
In March of this year, the bloc presented an additional term (side letter in English) with new environmental demands that go beyond what is established by the Paris Agreement and that include sanctions for alleged non-compliance with objectives.
Lula had already publicly criticized these demands and described them as “threats” in a conversation with the French president in June.
The Brazilian raised his concerns again in a bilateral meeting with Macron on the sidelines of the G20 summit in New Delhi. He assured the French president that, at this moment, it is a political decision of the EU to return to the original text. According to the Brazilian government, these demands were designed with the administration of former President Jair Bolsonaro in mind, which had taken steps back on environmental policy, and would not be fair in the context of the Lula government.
According to the account of the authorities present in the conversation, Macron would have expressed his understanding of the Brazilian complaint, but pointed out that it is a decision within the scope of the European Commission.
Translated by AZAHARA MARTÍN ORTEGA
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