Macri will hand over the presidency of Mercosur to Bolsonaro, who has demanded his re-election – Telam

With a strong economic footprint, possible announcements regarding the progress of the implementation of the Free Trade Agreement signed with the European Union (EU) and the possibility of confronting one with the United States of the same type, Brazil and Argentina will seek to also provide political support for these efforts; This will be the first meeting of its kind since the announcement of the Mercosur-EU agreement.

In this sense, the statements of Bolsonaro published today in the morning, in a new support for the re-election of Macri to avoid "Argentina to the Venezuelan line", both seeking to deepen a tour of the country and bloc, were eloquent. and that they have also turned to Europe and the United States as ideal partners for building relationships.

"Cristina Kirchner's candidate said she would look into (the agreement) Mercosur-European Union, which poses economic problems in Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and the United States. Paraguay: We are focusing on the economy – a government with a weak economy is not supported, "said the president of the neighboring country.

In addition to these declarations, which confirm a known position and badociate in this direction in Paraguay and Uruguay, the two most representative countries of the bloc will try, at the Santa Fe summit, to give more weight to the direction taken. by economic policy since taking the seat of the respective state.