Britain admits EU split over South America deal

The new agreement of European Commission head Ursula von der Leyen with the Southern Common Market (MERCOSUR) may cause a split of the European Union (EU) due to the emerging disagreements between France, Germany and Belgium. The British newspaper Daily Express reported on December 7.

"Ursula von der Leyhan's new deal with South America threatens to split the European Union as tensions between Paris, Brussels and Berlin grow," the material said.

It is specified that the inhabitants and the government of France are concerned about this deal, because they are afraid of undermining the domestic markets of poultry and beef, and in Germany consider this agreement as a means of increasing exports.

Earlier, on November 26, about 25 French farmers on tractors protested outside the European Parliament in Strasbourg against the free trade agreement between the European Union and Mercosur.

Prior to that, on November 17, farmers near Paris began a protest by blocking part of the highway leading to the French capital with tractors to protest the free trade agreement between the EU and the Southern Common Market.

Mercosur is an economic and political agreement on a common market of South American countries. The community was founded in 1991 and today includes Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay.