EU-Mercosur agreement, without debate in Congress | …

Less than a week to celebrate the trade agreement between Mercosur and the European Union
Minister of Foreign Affairs Jorge Faurie and Minister of Production Dante Sica acknowledged to Cambiemos senators and MPs that the government would not promote the main clause that could make the agreement effective: debate and approval at the National Congress.

For the agreement to start, it is necessary to approve not only the Argentine Congress, but also the parliaments of the other three members of Mercosur and the 28 countries of the European Union, but Faurie, when from a meeting at Palacio San. Martín, informed the provisional president of the Senate, Federico Pinedo, and the deputies Eduardo Amadeo, Luis Petri, Claudia Najul and Luis Borsani, that this will not happen this year, according to the site Parlamentario.com.

According to it appeared, the decision of theicialismo, that revealed to eyedrops the details of the agreement and with differences compared to what is informed by the countries of the bloc bloc
, would enter the project at the end of the year and allow debate only in the case of winning general elections in October.

In this way, Cambiemos rejects the claim of the opposition blocs so that Faurie and Sica can explain the agreement reached at the National Congress. "We will not wait until the end of the electoral process to give the debate," asked the president of the FpV-PJ bloc, noting that the announcement made by the government last Friday had been made in the code of countryside.

Rossi last Wednesday held a press conference of the FpV and Front Renovador blocs, during which its members demanded the presence of the two officials to know the details of the so-called trade agreement. "The provinces that we represent and that have an influence of the automotive sector, like Santa Fe, express their concern because it is one of the most disadvantaged sectors," explained Rossi to the # 39; era.

The president of the caucus of the FpV has expressed doubts about the agreement with the mbadeurs Carla Pitiot and Jose Ignacio de Mendiguren, the legislator of Red for Argentina, Daniel Arroyo, and the Peronist Carolina Moisés, among others . "If you venture into the world without a clear project, instead of being integrated into the world, it will disintegrate," said MP and former UIA chief De Mendiguren.

In addition, De Mendiguren recalled that when the leadership of Cambiemos was created and that the alliance, chaired by Elisa Carrió, presided over the Committee on External Relations, she was discussed with the former Minister of Foreign Affairs Foreign Minister Susana Malcorra about the EU deal, which began more than 20 years ago. agreed that "there would be no progress without the knowledge of this Congress".

"An agreement of such importance must go through Parliament, it must be transparent and must be pbaded on to society as a whole," insisted Rossi, who condemned: "Without parliamentary agreement it does not exist. "

On a similar tone, the deputy Salteño Pablo Kosiner considered that "the government has reduced the information almost to an immediate effect" when it should open a process of negotiation. "The scope of the agreement justifies that the contents of the agreement and its characteristics are brought to the attention of the Congress," asked the legislator, placed before the governor, Juan Manuel Urtubey.