European Commission President set to meet Lula da Silva in Brasilia on Monday

Ursula von der Leyen, the European Commission’s President, is slated to meet with President Lula da Silva in Brasilia this Monday as part of her Latin American tour.

This visit, concluding on Thursday, is a precursor to the upcoming summit between the European Union (EU), Latin America, and the Caribbean (CELAC).

The summit, taking place in Brussels on July 17 and 18, seeks to reaffirm the strategic significance of the partnership between these two blocs.

While in Brasilia, von der Leyen will hold a bilateral meeting and a working lunch with Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

Furthermore, she will address the Brazilian National Confederation of Industry, focusing on the EU-Mercosur trade agreement.

The sustainability aspect of the agreement and the private sector’s awareness of its benefits and impacts will be prominent points on the agenda.

On Tuesday, von der Leyen will proceed to Buenos Aires to meet Argentina’s President, Alberto Fernández, and to speak at the EU-Argentina business association.

On the 14th, the EU executive leader will head to Chile to meet with President Gabriel Boric and visit a plastic recycling company.

Her journey concludes on Thursday in Mexico, with a scheduled meeting with President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.

Brazil and Argentina, along with Paraguay and Uruguay (not included in the tour), form part of the Mercosur free trade bloc.

The EU is endeavoring to finalize a significant trade agreement with this bloc, which has been in the pipeline for several years, by the end of July.

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