Brussels, 12/05/2010 (Agence Europe) - On 4 May, the European Commission announced that trade negotiations with the Mercosur countries, which had been on hold since 2004, were to resume. Although the decision falls within the Commission's area of responsibility, seven countries - Austria, Finland, France, Greece, Hungary, Ireland and Poland - have expressed their regret in a note ahead of the Agriculture Council on Monday 17 May that the decision was taken “without prior political debate...