2023-07-03 18:30:24
Starting at 10 in the morning today, the foreign ministers of the four member countries of the Mercosuras reported by Claudio Mardones in Modo Fontevecchiaby Net TV y Radius Profile (FM 101.9).
The chancellor santiago cafiero left today at 7 in the morning to be in the city of Misiones, which will be the headquarters of the next seat of presidents of Mercosurwhich will take place tomorrow, starting at 10 in the morning.
It will be the farewell to President Alberto Fernández as temporary holder of the Common Market of the South. He will hand over that six-month driving to his Brazilian counterpart, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. Some major political gestures are expected.
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Some issues that are expected to enter the debate are, firstly, the next CELAC summit with the European Union, scheduled for July 17 and 18 in Brussels.
There is a big question mark as to whether or not the agreement signed by Mauricio Macri in 2018, which took the first step towards a trade agreement with the EU. Since then, that negotiation has been stalled.
The president of the European Union recently came, Ursula von der Leyen. In both the case of Brazil and Argentina, he heard concern about the new environmental restrictions that is defining France.
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There are many doubts that, in this scenario, France will stop subsidizing its agricultural producers. The European Union and other countries have raised environmental requirements for agricultural imports from anywhere in the world. This weighs directly on the negotiation.
Political gestures are also expected. In addition to Cafiero and Alberto Fernández, this afternoon the Minister of Economy will arrive in Misiones, Sergio Massawho will be present at tomorrow’s summit.
There is a political context that cannot be avoided. In missions there were recently elections for governor. It has been governed for 30 years by the Frente Renovador de la Concordia, the force that leads Carlos Roviracurrently president of the Provincial Legislature.
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Massa is going to meet the outgoing governor and the incoming governor. Two of the main leaders of the political force, who will soon hand over the governor’s baton.
After that meeting, it will be the summit of presidents, with Lula’s speech assuming the presidency of Mercosur, the questions about what is going to happen in the negotiation with the European Union.
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And also another element that is resounding at this moment in the Spanish and European press, the complaints of the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyhe complained that Pedro Sánchez, new president of the EU and Spanish head of government, had invited him to participate in the CELAC summit with the EU, but several Latin American presidents refused to allow him to participate.
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