Lula da Silva is having a day of anger against the EU and says Mercosur must give a strong response to the Europeans.

In what appears to have been a day of fury against the European Union, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva used harsh language on two separate occasions against the EU and defended this MERCOSUR, a bloc of countries in South America. whose rotating presidency the Brazilian took on Tuesday provides a “powerful” response to what he called European “threats”, hinting at colleagues for signing an agreement between the European and South American bloc. In an impassioned speech in Puerto Iguazu, Argentina, where the summit of the South American bloc formed by Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay was taking place, Lula said he would not accept agreements “in which they (the European Union) win.” and we (Brazil and Mercosur) lost,” returning to our aggressive stance against them.

“The additional instrument presented by the European Union in March of this year is unacceptable. Strategic partners do not negotiate on the basis of mistrust and the threat of sanctions. It is imperative that MERCOSUR provide a quick and decisive response,” Lula da Silva hints at the shot. on European proposals to impose commercial sanctions against Brazil and other MERCOSUR countries in case of non-compliance with environmental agreements, mainly related to the Amazon.

Lula added that MERCOSUR is not interested in signing agreements condemning the countries of the bloc to the eternal role of exporters of raw materials, minerals and oil. Hours before the summit, Lula was already quite aggressive in his tone and speech during yet another live broadcast on social media and blamed “rich countries,” without specifying which ones, of not having the morale to demand anything. because, he stressed, they never honor the agreements they sign.

“We want to negotiate an agreement (with the EU), but we don’t want to impose ourselves. This is an agreement of comrades, strategic partners, so no strategic partner will lay a sword on the head of another. Partner can’t keep threatening if you don’t, I’ll punish you, if you don’t, I will punish you, even because the rich countries don’t honor the agreements they make,” Brazil’s increasingly radical president. already fired.