Shortly after the signing of the agreement between the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, and the four presidents of the founding countries of Mercosur (Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay), President Lula spoke in defense of the bloc’s integration. “We managed to defend our interests,” he said. In recent days, Itamaraty had intensified its work, in decisive technical meetings with the Europeans, in BrasÃlia, so that the agreement could be signed this Friday in Montevideo.
For Lula and the president of the European Commission, the signing of the agreement was “historic”. The agreement began to be negotiated in 1998, but, analysts agree, it gained extra momentum following the new election of Donald Trump to the White House and the prospect of changes in the global geopolitical and commercial scenario.
In his speech, in front of his peers, Lula sent direct messages to Argentine president Javier Milei. He defended, for example, the strengthening of institutions in the bloc that Argentina intends to eliminate, such as the Mercosur Institute of Public Policies on Human Rights, ratified the importance of integration founded more than 30 years ago, supported the promotion of gender equality, environment and suggested that the important issues for people are not limited to economic issues.
The presidency of Mercosur passes, this Friday, to Argentina. In his speech in the Uruguayan capital, Argentine president Javier Milei said that Mercosur “was a hindrance to the progress of Argentines.” In his speech, he stated that “this model is finished” and “ended up becoming a prison.” Milei intends for each Mercosur country to be able to negotiate free trade agreements individually. His interest begins in an agreement between Argentina and the United States. In other words, Lula and Milei confirmed, at the presidents’ meeting in Montevideo, that they are on different paths.
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