European Parliament puts EU-Mercosur trade deal on hold, seeks top court legal opinion

The parliamentary motion is based on a mechanism that allows the Court of Justice to be asked for an opinion on whether an international agreement complies with the Community legal framework The European Parliament voted on Wednesday to freeze its approval track for the EU-Mercosur trade agreement and request a legal opinion from the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) on whether the deal is compatible with EU treaties. The motion passed by a razor-thin margin —334 in favour, 324 against, with 11 abstentions— injecting new uncertainty into a pact that the two blocs had only just signed in Asunción after a quarter-century of negotiations.

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