Europe

The European Parliament voted on Wednesday to refer the EU-Mercosur trade agreement to the EU Court of Justice, a move that significantly delays the deal and could potentially derail its final approval. As expected, the vote was tight, with 334 MEPs in favour of the referral, 324 against, and 11 abstaining. The European Commission could still provisionally apply the deal, provided the move were endorsed by member states. The agreement was signed on 17 January, and is set to create a free trade area of over 700 million people. It is controversial across Europe, and several countries like France and…

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