Dáil debates
Tuesday, 9 July 2019
EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement: Statements (Resumed)
8:30 pm
Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source
As part of the agreement, we have a full chapter on sustainability. That is why we need to hold this person to account. Bolsonaro has had to recommit to the Paris Agreement to get the deal, and accept a mechanism whereby the EU polices his government's adherence to the Paris Agreement. I do recognise the concerns raised by the Deputies about the Brazilians' track record on climate change but the EU Commission is telling us that if Brazil walks away from its commitments under the Paris climate agreement, it walks away from the deal and the deal falls. In many ways, it is locking Brazil into the Paris Agreement but the Commission has to make sure that it follows through on these commitments because if it does not, the deal falls.
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