Mercosur Trade Agreement: Motion [Private Members]
Dail Éireann — 2026-01-13
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Ann Graves (SF), Dublin Fingal East

For years, Sinn Féin has been highlighting the reasons we should oppose this deal. We urged this Government to come out and join us in campaigning against the Mercosur deal but it sat silently refusing to defend Ireland's interests until the last minute when it was too late. Sinn Féin will continue to actively campaign to put an end to this disastrous deal. Our MEPs Lynn Boylan and Kathleen Funchion are taking a legal challenge against the deal and there will be a vote on it in the EU Parliament. Sinn Féin is calling on the Government to put into the public domain all legal, political and diplomatic actions it will now take to stop the Mercosur trade deal. We are also calling on the Government to publicly support the legal action being taken by members of the European Parliament against the ratification of the Mercosur agreement and, finally, we ask that the Government mandates its MEPs to vote against the deal and build a blocking minority among like-minded EU member states.

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Sitting date: 2026-01-13