Watch the video: Will the European Parliament approve Mercosur trade deal?

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Watch the video: Will the European Parliament approve Mercosur trade deal?  Next week, the EU is entering the final phase of the Mercosur trade deal that might create a market of 700 million people between Europe and South America. But will it?  READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2025/12/12/watch-the-video-will-the-european-parliament-approve-mercosur-trade-deal  Subscribe to our channel. Euronews is available on Dailymotion in 12 languages

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00:00Hello Friday!

00:03While you are about to start your weekends,

00:06Brussels is sweating over a deadline that has been 25 years in the making.

00:10The EU is entering the final phase of the Mercosur trade deal

00:15that might create a market of 700 million people between Europe and South America.

00:21But will it?

00:24Next Tuesday, the European Parliament votes on the trading safeguards.

00:29Basically, to ensure no disruption of our market and to keep the unfair competition in check.

00:35And if that passes, it clears the path.

00:38Then, on Saturday, Ursula von der Leyen flies to Brazil to sign the deal.

00:44But even if signed, the European Parliament must still ratify it.

00:49With the far right and left against it, the deal could still be killed next year.

00:54European diplomats warn that if this happens, Europe loses a strategic partner,

00:59especially as relations with the US are falling apart.

01:05And speaking of the US, our favourite commentators have recently claimed that Brussels is just an unelected bureaucracy.

01:13Well, if this deal dies next year, it will be because the Parliament showed its teeth.

01:20So, dear American friends, please leave calling European lawmakers weak to us.

01:26That's our job.

01:29After all, we, the people, are the ones who elect them.

01:33Protect them.

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