Source : tvpworld
Poland has announced plans to file a legal challenge at the European Union’s top court against the bloc’s trade agreement with South America, as Warsaw moves to stop a deal it says will harm local farmers.
long with France, Poland has emerged as one of the strongest opponents of the agreement with the Mercosur bloc, which includes Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay and is designed to create a vast free‑trade area by reducing tariffs and other trade barriers between the EU and South America.
The agreement was signed by EU and Mercosur nations in January after winning the backing of a majority of EU governments, despite opposition from Poland, France, Ireland, Hungary and Austria. It consists of a broader political partnership alongside a separate trade pillar focused on market access.
While the political elements still require ratification by the European Parliament and all EU member states, the trade provisions are due to apply provisionally from May 1.
Poland’s Defense Minister, Władysław Kosiniak‑Kamysz, said on Friday that Warsaw would formally ask the EU’s Court of Justice to review the agreement’s legality, escalating the country’s opposition to the deal.
“Poland will challenge the EU–Mercosur agreement at the Court of Justice of the European Union,” Kosiniak‑Kamysz said.