Brazilian ambassador denounces disinformation campaign on Mercosur deal

Published on 24/06/2025 - 18:17 GMT+2

The Brazilian ambassador to nan EU has told MEPs successful Brussels that a disinformation run surrounds nan waste and acquisition woody signed successful December 2024 betwixt nan EU and nan Mercosur countries - Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay.

Pedro Miguel da Costa e Silva strenuously countered nan arguments of nan deal’s critics during a proceeding of nan Parliament's waste and acquisition committee connected Tuesday.

“The occurrence of animal diseases is overmuch higher successful nan EU than successful Brazil. It shows nan request to cheque nan veracity of immoderate narratives,” nan ambassador said, holding up a expanse of insubstantial and adding: “In immoderate case, I request to accent that thing successful nan statement changes nan correct of nan EU and its personnel states to protect human, animal, aliases works health.”

The Mercosur statement intends to found a transatlantic free waste and acquisition area encompassing 750 cardinal group and astir one-fifth of nan world economy.

The EU personnel states person yet to adopt nan deal, but immoderate - led by France - reason it, facing beardown home guidance from biology activists and farmers who reason that it would create unfair title and neglect to uphold biology and phytosanitary standards.

“The statement astir this statement has not ever been a balanced one. Some group want to use a unsocial benchmark to Mercosur and inquire america to prosecute successful an endless loop of negotiations,” Da Costa E Silva said.

He denounced what he described arsenic unfair curen of nan woody erstwhile compared to others nan EU has negotiated - citing caller agreements betwixt nan EU pinch Chile aliases Mexico, and those nether chat pinch India and nan US - claiming these haven't faced nan aforesaid kinds of “accusations, and unreasonable demands and expectations”.

The ambassador besides sought to antagonistic nan arguments raised by farmers concerned that their Brazilian counterparts would summation unfair competitory advantages.

“The [market] entree we received successful products considered delicate by nan European producers is very limited,” he said. And he claimed that immoderate Brazilian standards are much stringent than European. “For example: nan stock of onshore that our farmers request to group speech for nan protection of autochthonal vegetation varies from 20% of their properties successful nan southbound of Brazil to 80% successful nan Amazon region. This is acold beyond nan requirements asked of European farmers.”