Overview
- Lawmakeres voted 334–324 to seek a Court of Justice review of the EU–Mercosur agreement, freezing the Parliament’s ratification timetable for roughly 18 months.
- Ursula von der Leyen said several heads of government want the pact applied "as soon as possible," but the Commission has not decided and any provisional step requires at least one Mercosur country to ratify.
- Germany backs provisional enforcement and European Council president António Costa says most states favor it, while France opposes it and calls any move ahead of Parliament’s consent a "form of democratic rape."
- Farmers who protested in Strasbourg celebrated the referral, and French farm unions warned the Commission against any attempt to force provisional application.
- French regional and departmental authorities, led by Auvergne‑Rhône‑Alpes, announced boycotts of Mercosur‑origin products in public procurement, and MEPs rejected a motion of censure against von der Leyen.