Overview
- Ambassadors representing the 27 member states passed the agreement by qualified majority, with France, Ireland, Poland, Hungary and Austria opposed and Belgium abstaining.
- Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is expected to sign the pact in Paraguay as soon as Monday before it proceeds to the European Parliament for consent.
- The package included early access to about €45 billion in agricultural funds from 2028, lower tariffs on certain fertilizers and a legal path to suspend an agriculture CO2 border charge.
- The accord removes or reduces tariffs on most traded goods and limits sensitive farm imports with quotas such as 99,000 tonnes of beef and 180,000 tonnes of poultry at reduced duties.
- Farmers staged fresh blockades in France and parts of Germany, including tractor actions around Paris and at French–Belgian border crossings, over fears of unfair competition.