Deputies from 'Union for the Homeland' warned that the text of the trade treaty between Mercosur and the European Union still needs to be authenticated by the diplomatic corps of Paraguay, where the agreement was signed on January 17, because the Spanish version contains 'errors' in its drafting and will not be amended at least until February 2. In this way, the deadlines for it to be voted on during the extraordinary sessions of the Congress, as the government intends, will not be met. This was learned by the Noticias Argentinas agency in a dialogue with a high-ranking deputy from the main opposition bloc that has influence on foreign policy, who echoed the statements of Uruguay's Undersecretary of Foreign Relations, Valeria Csukasi, and shared the information with his colleagues. The vice-chancellor of the neighboring country revealed that the text of the trade treaty consists of 8,000 pages that still need to be certified 'one by one' by the diplomatic authorities of Paraguay, the country holding the Pro Temporate presidency of Mercosur. According to the story by the Uruguayan career diplomat in an interview with a local media outlet, on the day the four Mercosur countries stamped their signature on the agreement (on January 17 of last year) in Asunción, 'one of the delegations realized that the Spanish version had errors, and it was not the one that had been agreed upon'. 'The European Union committed to working until February 2 on the errata and will send the text to Paraguay, which will be able to authenticate it and send it to the capitals (of the four Mercosur countries).' 'Otherwise, I can just take what is posted on the web, print it out and say: "Here, I'm sending it to you."'
