
EU, India Seal ‘Mother of All Deals’ in Landmark Trade Pact
Brussels and New Delhi agreed on a sweeping free trade agreement covering nearly two billion people.

Brussels and New Delhi agreed on a sweeping free trade agreement covering nearly two billion people.

The European Parliament’s decision to refer the Mercosur agreement to the EU courts may ultimately pave the way for its provisional application—without safeguards.

Twenty five troops—indeed, even 25,000—cannot defend the world’s largest island. European nations simply lack the military infrastructure for credible defense.

The continuity at the top of the Commission only highlights the EU’s inability to conclude the increasingly contested Mercosur trade agreement.

Officials give off the sense that they fear the agreement could still be totally foiled.

Pressure from the agricultural sector and the backing of conservative forces have managed, for now, to halt a key deal for Brussels.

In the European Parliament, Péter Magyar sits in the EPP group, the party of Ursula von der Leyen who signed the controversial Mercosur deal on Saturday.

The European Parliament debates the fourth motion of censure against the Commission in seven months over the EU–Mercosur agreement.

The European Commission will present the strategy before July, once again running into internal divisions and the EU’s familiar delays.

Opponents accuse Brussels of pushing through a deal that benefits industrial elites while ignoring mounting rural anger.