“The delay appeals to those farmers and livestock breeders who, in my opinion, being inadequately informed, resist and fight against the agreement,” emphasized MEP Eliza Vosenberg, speaking on radio station Status 107.7, referring to the referral of the Mercosur agreement to the European Court of Justice.
Ms. Vosenberg noted that while only five countries voted against the Mercosur agreement, the gap widened in the European Parliament, with the agreement being referred to the European Court of Justice by a margin of 10 votes.
Eliza Vosenberg: Commission has the ability to bypass the referral and implement the agreement provisionally
“On one hand, there is the prospect of delay that could reach up to two years,” she said. However, as a lawyer herself, she explained that the Commission has the ability to bypass the referral and implement the agreement provisionally, if it considers that it “falls within its objectives, the needs of member states and consumers,” as she characteristically stated.
“The reason invoked by those who submitted the request for referral to the European Court of Justice—and this ultimately prevailed—was that, because a section of the agreement was separated, let’s say the commercial section, this agreement should come to national parliaments for discussion,” she explained. “The purpose was to prevent the implementation of the agreement,” she concluded.
