Khaberni - The European Parliament decided today, Tuesday, to suspend the ratification process of the trade agreement between the European Union and the United States, in light of recent threats by US President Donald Trump, according to leaders of the conservative, social democratic, and liberal parties in Strasbourg.
According to (Euro News), the head of the social democrat bloc, Iratxe Garcia Perez, told reporters that there is an agreement supported by the majority of political groups to freeze the trade agreement reached last year between Washington and Brussels.
French President Emmanuel Macron said that the European Union "should not hesitate" to use the anti-coercion mechanism to face the threats of the US President about imposing tariffs related to Greenland.
For her part, the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, pledged on Tuesday to respond "firmly" to the recurring threats from the US President regarding Greenland and raising tariffs.
She said: "The European Union and the United States reached a trade agreement last July. In politics, as in trade - an agreement is an agreement. And when friends shake hands, it means something".
She noted that Trump agreed last year not to impose further tariffs on European Union member states and described the proposed new tariffs related to Greenland as "a big mistake especially between long-term allies", pledging that the response of the European Union "will be firm, united, and proportionate".
