Seattle to Brussels Network | 19 May 2023
A new legal analysis lifts the lid on an attempt by the European Commission to “split” the EU-Mercosur trade deal, in order to approve the ‘trade’ part of the deal without the unanimous support of EU member states and without national ratification by parliaments throughout the EU. The analysis shows that this would be a violation of the negotiating mandate that EU member states give to the European Commission.
Download the Analysis here for more: The EU Commission’s possible attempts to fast track the EU Mercosur deal – Legal Analysis by Prof Krajewski, May 2023 (1)
Civil society organisations are calling on EU Member states to:
The analysis was commissioned by Greenpeace and authored by Prof. Dr. Markus Krajewski and Julian Werner.
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