EU-Mercosur: project without a future. Negotiations for the EU-Mercosur association agreement for creating a vast free-trade zone are blocked. Is this a disaster or bad news? Not at all, on the contrary, it is a sign that both frankness and wisdom have finally arrived. For years, this column has asserted that as this project currently stands it is untenable, but the rhetoric and lack of political courage continued to create this make-believe. A few home truths have also become quite...