TAG: Mercosur

Fires and a toppled statue: Farmers clash with police by EU Parliament

BRUSSELS — Police fired water at protesting farmers who clogged the streets of Brussels with tractor...

8 months ago

Macron flirts with EU-bashing in wink to French farmers

PARIS — As angry French farmers threaten to blockade the roads into Paris, Emmanuel Macron wants to...

8 months ago

Behind the Macron-Lula bromance

BRASÍLIA, Brazil ― France's Emmanuel Macron and Brazil's Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva spent three days publicly showering each other with mutual presidential affection, framed by the Amazon's golden sunsets and Brasília's white modernist palaces.It was Macro...

6 months ago

Macron bets on investments and fraternité to charm Lula in first visit to Brazil

BELÉM, Brazil — “You can do business without necessarily having trade agreements,” French President Emmanuel Macron told reporters bombarding him with questions on why he so adamantly opposes an EU trade deal with Brazil and other South American countries...

6 months ago

The MEPs who actually matter

This article is part of the Brussels Survival Guide.There’s plenty to pay attention to in the new cohort entering the European Parliament — including, of course, the people. See below our guide on key figures across the policy palette.Céline Imart AGRICUL...

2 months ago

You could kill the EU, says France. No, you could, Germany replies.

Emmanuel Macron and Olaf Scholz lead the EU’s two biggest economies, sharing a 280-mile border. But when it comes to protecting Europe from global threats, these neighbors may as well be on different planets.At an event in Berlin this week, the French pre...

1 week ago