Portugal Pushes To Seal the Mecosur Deal To Avoid “Global Humiliation”

The elites are actively trying to destroy European agriculture, so they and their pals in multinational agribusiness will be in total control of the food supply.

From The European Conservative

By Javier Villamor

Luís Montenegro could not care less about Europe’s farmers paying the price as long as his public image remains intact.

Portugal is urging the EU to push through a long-delayed trade deal with South America, warning that failure to ratify the Mercosur agreement would damage Europe’s global credibility and weaken its economy.

The country’s prime minister, Luís Montenegro, claimed that the European Union risks global humiliation if it does not ratify the agreement.

Lisbon is pushing hard for ratification, convinced that the political window to seal the deal is closing. The European Commission, for its part, is expected to present the legally finalised text before the summer recess. But the atmosphere in the European Council—scheduled to meet on June 26-27—is far from favourable.

While Portugal highlights the agreement’s supposed economic benefits—“more than 700 million consumers” and “reciprocity rules for companies”—critics warn of the heavy price that European farmers will pay. Although Montenegro insists the deal includes environmental and trade safeguards, the reality is that the text does not require Mercosur countries to meet the strict food safety, environmental, or animal welfare rules imposed on EU farmers.

This represents yet another existential threat for Europe’s primary sector, already battered by Brussels’ green bureaucracy. French farmers have returned to the streets, and pressure on the Élysée Palace is mounting. Paris is opposing the deal and demanding a symbolic protocol to save face before an increasingly disillusioned rural population, weary of trade deals that favour foreign agribusiness.

With its historic cultural and linguistic ties to Brazil, Portugal is acting not only as a facilitator but as a directly interested party in the negotiations. Much like Spain’s role with the rest of Latin America, Lisbon sees an opportunity to reinforce its geostrategic influence in this deal. However, this posture again exposes the fragility of balancing national interests within the EU bloc.

Polish MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski has warned that Germany—set to be the primary industrial beneficiary of the agreement—is pressuring Donald Tusk’s government to back the deal. “The Sejm should block and exclude such support through appropriate legislation,” he warned on social media. And this is not only about agriculture: Poland’s position could be decisive under the EU Council’s double-majority system, which requires backing from at least 15 Member States representing 65% of the EU population.

All this is happening while the economic consequences of Ukraine’s future inclusion in the EU have yet to be assessed.

This is no ordinary trade agreement. The EU-Mercosur deal has become an ideological, economic, and strategic battleground. The EU’s green agenda has radically altered its terms, leaving European producers at a clear disadvantage compared to their Latin American competitors.

Pictured: Luís Montenegro, Prime Minister of Portugal