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Now the steadiness of energy has reversed.
Macron has misplaced affect in Brussels following defeats in European and nationwide elections, whereas Barnier’s authorities faces an instantaneous problem to rein within the public debt and could possibly be toppled by Marine Le Pen of the far proper at any time.
The freshly-reappointed von der Leyen is, in the meantime, stronger than ever. And she desires to seal the deal.
“Having been re-confirmed, the president of the Commission thinks she has a free hand to hurry up the negotiation and conclusion of the settlement with Mercosur regardless of opposition from France and different international locations,” mentioned Marie-Pierre Vedrenne, a French MEP from Macron’s centrist camp, denouncing the accord as a part of von der Leyen’s “German to-do record.”
“She is fallacious, as a big a part of public opinion in Europe is in opposition to this settlement,” mentioned Vedrenne, who sits on the European Parliament’s commerce committee.
Majority view
A bigger a part of opinion amongst EU governments is, nevertheless, in favor of the deal. That may show decisive as, if the deal is structured in a sure approach, a supermajority may override the objections of a small, French-led minority.
