A climate-denier Milei and a hypocritical EU-Mercosur pact

In the rush to finalise the controversial EU-Mercosur trade deal before the European elections in June this year, its promoters appear willing to shake hands with Argentina's new far-right president, Javier Milei — a known climate change denier. The pressing question now is, will the EU sell out the environment and human rights for the sake of trade?

While an agreement in principle was reached in 2019, the EU stopped its ratification under former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro due ...