France is pressing Ursula von der Leyen and the European Commission to postpone December deadlines for the EU–Mercosur trade agreement, arguing that current safeguards do not adequately protect European farmers and that environmental standards on pesticides and animal feed must be mirrored for imports. While the Commission still aims to sign the treaty with Mercosur countries at a summit in Brazil, growing opposition from France, Poland, and powerful farming organizations, along with pending safeguard votes in the European Parliament, threatens to delay or reshape a deal that would create a single market of about 722 million people.