Mercosur: press conference on safeguard clauses to protect EU agriculture

Rapporteur Gabriel Mato (EPP, Spain) will brief journalists on the new rules to prevent harm to Europe’s agricultural sector following EU trade liberalisation with Mercosur countries.

WHEN: Tuesday 10 February 2025, 15.00 CET

WHERE: European Parliament, Strasbourg, Daphne Caruana Galizia press conference room (Weiss N -1/201) and via Interactio, with interpretation into and from English, French, German, Spanish, Italian and Polish.

The press conference is scheduled to take place after a plenary vote on the proposed safeguards. The new regulation sets out how the EU could temporarily suspend the tariff preferences envisaged in the EU-Mercosur trade deal on agricultural imports from Mercosur countries (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay) if an import surge is seen to harm EU producers.

HOW: Accredited journalists can attend the press conference in person. Those wishing to participate actively and ask questions remotely can do so via Interactio. The press conference will be streamed live and made available on demand on Parliament’s Multimedia Centre website.

Using Interactio to ask questions

Interactio is only supported on iPad (with the Safari browser) and Mac/Windows (with the Google Chrome browser). When connecting, enter your name and the media organisation you are representing in the first name / last name fields.

For better sound quality, use headphones and a microphone. Interpretation is only possible for interventions with video. Journalists who have never used Interactio before are asked to connect 30 minutes before the start of the press conference to perform a connection test. IT assistance can be provided if necessary.

When connected, open the chat window (upper right corner) to be able to see the service messages.