This policy brief analyses the compatibility of the Commission’s position regarding investment protection with that of the European Parliament. The EU must at least align its investment policy with the European Parliament’s resolution on the future of the EU international investment policy adopted in June 2022 in which it urges “the Commission and the Member States to ensure consistency between IIAs and the European Green Deal, environmental policies, labour rights and human rights".

Discover the positions of the European political groups in the European Parliament on 13 emblematic texts of the 2019-2024 mandate (carbon adjustment mechanism at borders, regulation on forced labour, trade and investment protection agreements...) and our detailed proposals for revising EU trade policy during the next mandate.

This report, authored by Veblen Institute, CISDL, E3G, FTAO and IEEP and commissioned by the Green group in the European Parliament, explores 4 scenarios for a fair and sustainable partnership between the EU and the Mercosur region and contains policy recommendations for decision-makers and negotiators to build future relations between the two blocs.