Von der Leyen’s Push to provisionally apply the EU-Mercosur deal is a democratic bypass

Following the overnight ratification of the EU-MERCOSUR agreement by Argentina and Uruguay, Ursula von der Leyen is accelerating the process to impose her deal by announcing: it will be provisionally apply the agreement before the European Parliament votes on it. Proceeding before the European Court of Justice has delivered its opinion risks forcing a renegotiation […]