France will vote against signing the EU‑Mercosur trade agreement. The government says the deal, negotiated since 1999, offers only a 0.05 % increase to EU GDP by 2040 and could expose sensitive French agricultural sectors to market volatility. Brussels has accepted three French requests: a safeguard clause that allows an emergency stop of Mercosur agricultural imports if prices or volumes change by 5 %, reciprocal production standards for pesticides and animal feed, and enhanced health‑sanitary controls in third‑party countries. In January, the EU agreed to a €45 billion supplement to direct agri‑subsidies and to keep fertilizer prices unchanged under the carbon border tax. Despite these concessions, France maintains that the agreement does not protect its farmers and will therefore vote against its signature.
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