For the Amazon, France is questioning the EU agreement …

In the midst of the fires
unleashed in the Amazon region
French President Emmanuel Macron told his Brazilian counterpart Jair Bolsonaro
"lied" about its commitment to the environment, so France opposes the EU-Mercosur Free Trade Agreement.

"Given the attitude of Brazil in recent weeks, the President of the Republic notes that President Bolsonaro lied to him at the Osaka Summit (G20) "said the French presidency, saying that "President Bolsonaro has decided not to respect his commitments on climate" or "biodiversity". "Under these conditions, France is opposed to the Mercosur agreement (with the EU) in the current state," adds Elysium.

Bolsonaro had accused Thursday his French counterpart of having acted with a "colonialist mentality" to have convened G7 members
– of which Brazil is not part – to discuss fires in the Amazon region.

The free trade agreement between the EU and Mercosur (Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay), signed in June after 20 years of negotiations, is widely criticized in Europe, particularly in France, by the industry. agricultural and environmentalists.

The French government conditioned this agreement in Brazil in respect of certain environmental commitments, which was discussed at the recent G20 summit in Osaka.

Merkel also wants to talk about the Amazon in the G7

The fires that devastate the Amazon are an "urgent situation" that should be discussed this weekend in France at the G7 summit, said Friday a spokesman for German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

"The magnitude of the fires (…) is worrying and threatens not only for Brazil and other affected countriesSpokesman Steffen Seibert told reporters that the president was "convinced" that "should be on the agenda of the G7" in Biarritz, he said.

Merkel "fully supports the French president", Emmanuel Macron, who had previously asked that the problem be addressed in the G7, added Seibert.