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Why are European farmers protesting the EU-Mercosur agreement?

Dec 20, 2025
24 mins

Episode Description

European farmers protest against the EU-Mercosur agreement. That's as signing has been postponed until January, due to disagreements in Europe. The European-South American deal planned for more than 25 years, would create the world's largest free-trade zone. So why is there division? 

In this episode: 

  • Pieter Cleppe - Editor-in-Chief at BrusselsReport-dot-eu
  • Ciaran Mullooly - Member of the European Parliament for Independent Ireland 
  • Gustavo Ribeiro - founder and Editor-In-Chief of the Brazilian Report online newspaper

Host: Folly Bah Thibault

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