The text of the free trade agreement between the European Union and New Zealand was overwhelmingly approved by MEPs at the plenary session on Wednesday 22 November, with 524 votes in favour and 85 against.
This agreement has been described as “the greenest and most progressive ever put in place” by a large number of European legislators, on both the right and the left. Daniel Caspary (EPP, German), the rapporteur for the text of the resolution on the agreement, reiterated that it...