Agri-giant Bayer is lobbying hard for a trade deal that would ramp up
toxic pesticide sales and destroy the Amazon rainforest. French President
Macron now says he’s not a fan, but he hasn’t DONE anything to stop it
although he has the power to.

Tell Macron to block the EU-Mercosur deal.

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John,

Swathes of Amazon rainforest are at risk of being razed so beef production
and exports could increase under a trade deal being negotiated between
Europe and Mercosur countries. But it’s finally been called a “terrible
deal” by French President Emmanuel Macron. It’s the strongest indication
yet that we could halt this deal in its tracks.

You know it’s a bad trade deal when agri-giant Bayer-Monsanto is lobbying
all countries involved to ratify it. In Brazil one person dies every two
and a half days because of toxic pesticides. This deal gets rid of tariffs
on pesticide exports from the EU to Mercosur countries which would allow
sales to boom.

Macron could use France’s influence with the European Union and call on it
to withdraw its negotiating mandate. The French President cares about his
reputation as a decision maker on the global stage so let’s show him that
people from all around the world are demanding he blocks the deal. 

[ [link removed] ]Sign the petition: call on Macron to follow up his words with real
action and stop the terrible trade deal!

The deal is being negotiated between the European Union and the Mercosur
bloc (Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay). Farmers from all countries
involved are united against the deal and say it's "tailor-made for
financial capital and transnational corporations".

It would pave the way for corporations to push Indigenous communities off
their land to make way for mines and monoculture crops.

When Macron was in Brazil recently he said “there is nothing that takes
into consideration the subject of biodiversity and climate” in the deal.
Let’s build on Macron’s words and call for the deal to be stopped. 

[ [link removed] ]President Macron: protect the future of our planet and stop this
terrible trade deal.

Ekō members like you have come together before to push politicians to do
the right thing. Like when 240,000 people from all around the world
successfully called on European Members of Parliament to reject plans that
would allow toxic pesticides to hurt bees. That was also against the
entire lobbying might of Bayer’s agrochemical industry.

Let’s do it again and tell Macron to block the EU-Mercosur deal.



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Thanks for all that you do,
Nabil, Eoin, Nish and the team at Ekō


More information:

[ [link removed] ]Macron calls proposed EU-Mercosur trade pact ‘very bad deal’ lacking
strong climate commitments
The Guardian 28 March 2024
[ [link removed] ]Macron calls for new EU-South America trade deal
Le Monde 28 March 2024
[ [link removed] ]France's Macron says EU-Mercosur proposal is 'very bad deal' on visit
to Brazil
Reuters 28 March 2024

 

 

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