Emmanuel Macron has asked Ursula von der Leyen to delay the planned EU signature of the long‑negotiated Mercosur deal in Foz do Iguaçu amid farm protests and alarm over a bovine disease, after the European Parliament last week weakened a proposed corporate due‑diligence law while inserting tougher safeguard rules.Marine Le Pen and farmer leaders including Vincent Thoumieux warned the treaty would threaten French agriculture, Dominique Schelcher of Coopératives U said supermarkets would avoid South American goods when French products exist, and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva urged European leaders to sign.Parliament reduced the due‑diligence thresholds to firms with more than 5,000 employees and €1.5 billion turnover, removed EU‑level civil liability, capped fines at 3 percent of global net turnover and set contingency tariff triggers on products such as beef, rice and soy that could be activated by 5 percent price or volume shifts; final adoption still requires EU Council approval and could be blocked by a minority of member states.