Business & Economics

MEPs Slash Import-Surge Trigger to 5 %, Forcing Pre-Christmas Showdown on EU-Mercosur Pact

On 16 Dec 2025 the European Parliament approved a tougher safeguard package—cutting the farm-import ‘alarm bell’ to a 5 % surge and adding reciprocity rules—sending the Mercosur deal into emergency talks with national governments just four days before Ursula von der Leyen hopes to sign it in Brazil.