“Everyone will earn a lot of money, it will develop our feeling of friendship.” Donald Trump’s statement this Sunday, July 27, after her meeting with the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, in Scotland, does not do unanimity in France at all. The agreement concluded between Washington and Brussels notably provides customs duties of 15 % on European exports to the United States, against 10 % before.
For Marine Le Pen, this commercial agreement is simply “A political, economic and moral fiasco”. First political “Because the European Union has obtained less good conditions than the United Kingdom (10 % Editor’s note)”then economical “Because the Commission has accepted asymmetrical clauses that France itself, governed by a patriotic executive, would have accepted”and finally moral “Because once again, French farmers have been sacrificed on the altar of across the Rhine industries”assembled the head of RN deputies on X.
Same anger on the side of rebellious France. LFI National Coordinator Manuel Bompard denounced an agreement of the ” shame “. Jean-Luc Mélenchon estimated him, on X, that “Everything has been sold to Trump with the right to change the rules of the game established in 75 years of bilateral relations”. Before typing: “Customs duties, purchase obligation, 5 % tax on GDP: liberalism, free and unlisted competition and other rules of the Lisbon Treaty are a bad joke”.
The agreement signed by Ursula von der Leyen also leaves a bitter taste for the Socialist Party. Secretary General and MEP, Pierre Jouvet, denounced a “Vassalization” by the United States. “To be satisfied with having received” only “15 % customs duties? But these are our jobs, our productions and the environment that Ulla der Leyen has sacrificed by promising $ 600 billion in investments in the United States and the purchase of liquefied natural gas “he wrote on X. Socialist deputy Philippe Brun told him “That no European can be satisfied with this” commercial munich “”.
Within the government, finally, it is estimated that the president of the European Commission could have done better. “The trade agreement negotiated by the European Commission with the United States will provide temporary stability to economic actors threatened by American climbing, but it is unbalanced”regretted the Minister Delegate in charge of Europe, Benjamin Haddad, in a message posted on X.
In short, the trade agreement concluded between the European Union and the United States provides customs duties of 15 % on European exports, except on certain strategic products, including aeronautics and agriculture. In addition, the EU is committed to acquire $ 750 billion in American hydrocarbons, in order to replace its imports from Russia, and to make 600 billion additional investments in the United States. The details of the investments will soon be revealed. The American president also mentioned “Hundreds of billions of dollars” weapons purchases by Europeans.
