Yesterday the European Parliament voted to pause the Mercosur deal. No sooner had that vote taken place than the European Commission and many senior members and politicians, including the German Chancellor, effectively stated that they wanted to proceed provisionally with the implementation of Mercosur. The position of Ursula von der Leyen and the Commission is very clear in relation to this but our position has been ambivalent at best. During the last round at the European Council, you really came in at the eleventh hour in terms of your opposition. The provisional implementation will go before the European Council and will need a qualified majority vote. Will the Government engage across Europe with the wavering nations in particular and ensure that the voices of the European Parliament and the people are heard and that this Mercosur deal will go through the courts and a court decision will be reached before the provisional implementation of this deal?

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