EU President's Request for Brazilian Fire Countermeasures August 25 0:17
EU-European President Tusk will ratify the free trade agreements that the EU and South American countries have agreed to, unless the Brazilian government takes action, as international concerns about fires that frequently occur in the tropical rainforests of the South American Amazon Showed that it was difficult and called for urgent action.
In South America, there were a series of large-scale forest fires, and the G7 summit opened in France on the 24th.
In particular, there is a record fire in the Amazon rainforest in Brazil, and international criticism has been growing against the Borsonaro administration for giving priority to forest development.
EU President Tusk attending the summit held a press conference on the 24th, saying, “If the Brazilian government neglects the fire, it will be difficult for EU member states to ratify the free trade agreement that the EU and South American countries have agreed to first. "Let's say," and urged to take immediate action.
This free trade agreement is the result of a 20-year discussion between the EU and the four countries of South America, including Brazil and Argentina, that led to the conclusion of a basic agreement in June. So there was high expectation for expanding exports of agricultural products to the EU.
However, in response to the Amazon fire, the EU, the presiding country of Finland, called for a ban on the import of Brazilian beef, and there was a growing voice that strict measures were necessary unless the Brazilian government took action.
EU President “I do n’t feel like cooperating with withdrawal without agreement”
President Tusk will hold a first summit with British Prime Minister Johnson on the second day of the summit, and will also discuss how to proceed with the withdrawal from the EU.
In this regard, President Tusk said, “I am not willing to cooperate for“ no withdrawal ”. I hope that all EU member states will hear a proposal that is acceptable.”
On top of that, "I hope that Prime Minister Johnson will not leave a name in the history as a" Mr. no agreement "", he stubbornly ironically urged Prime Minister Johnson to insist on a hard departure.
British Prime Minister refutes to EU
Prime Minister Johnson quickly argued that the EU president, Tusk, was harshly ironic that the British Prime Minister Johnson would like to leave the name of "no withdrawal without Mr. Consensus".
He reassured reporters on board the summit that "if the EU does not want to leave without an agreement, the provisions on border management in Northern Ireland should be removed from the proposed withdrawal agreement." “If President Tusk doesn't want to leave his name in history as a“ Mr. no agreement ”,” he said, “I should keep that in mind.”