EU countries have given their approval to the signing of an agreement with the countries of Mercosur
France and Hungary, among others.
Mercosur and the European Union have concluded a free trade agreement.
On Friday, the countries of the European Union (EU) provisionally approved the partnership agreement Mercosur (Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay) before the Council of the European Union approves it at 17:00 local time (16:00 GMT), according to diplomatic sources.
Countries such as France and Hungary have opposed this agreement, but the majority have given their approval at a meeting at the level of ambassadors in Brussels, at which the support negotiated in December to strengthen the protectionof the European agri-food sector has been formally approved.
Protests against this agreement
In this context, the labradores mobilizations mobilizations Ipar in the whole of the French State are also affecting the Basque Country, which this morning blocked the area Baiona .
The Prefecture of the Atlantic Pyrenees has reported that at 02:00 80 asymptomatic farmers, using 60 tractors, blocked the A63 motorway at the height of the North Bayonne link in an unreported demonstration.
On the other hand, the Basque Government has banned the movement in the Basque Country of heavy goods vehicles exceeding 7.5 tonnes of cross-border traffic due to protests by French farmers, so that the AP-8 Biriatou border crossing is closed to lorries exceeding 3.5 tonnes.
In this regard, the Department of Safety and Security has issued an order prohibiting the movement of cross-border lorries in the Basque Country to prevent their accumulation at the border, which will remain in force until the French authorities report that traffic problems have been resolved.
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