Poland takes Mercosur fight to EU court

Published on 11/05/2026 - 14:50 GMT+2

The ailment was forwarded to Luxembourg connected Sunday evening, said the Deputy Foreign Minister Marcin Bosacki.

He besides stressed that Poland expects the Court’s ruling to pb to a suspension of some the validity and implementation of the agreement. In his view, the existent mentation of the woody with the Mercosur countries — Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay — would beryllium harmful to some Polish and wider EU agriculture.

Warsaw is besides seeking interim measures to suspend the exertion of the statement pending a last ruling by the European Court of Justice. The provisional exertion of the Mercosur woody began connected 1 May.

Agriculture Minister Stefan Krajewski besides confirmed the filing connected X, saying Poland was the lone EU subordinate authorities to instrumentality ineligible enactment against the statement earlier the EU’s apical court.

He said the government’s precedence was to support some farmers and consumers, stressing that Polish producers were not acrophobic of contention provided it took spot nether just conditions and precocious standards. He added that the Polish farming assemblage could number connected the government’s afloat support.

Agreement with Mercosur

Representatives of the European Union and Mercosur countries signed a concern statement with a provisional commercialized statement connected 17 January.

The statement was agreed by a bulk of the EU Council connected 9 January, with Poland, France, Ireland, Hungary and Austria opposed. The afloat concern statement volition lone participate into unit aft ratification by each EU subordinate states.