On Tuesday 21 March, European Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström warned against the threat of rising populism in Europe, and of the election of a far-right government in France in the spring, for the sustainability of the EU-Canada free trade agreement (CETA). The provisional implementation of CETA is imminent, but the agreement must also be ratified by the national parliaments of the EU.
Signed on 30 October 2016, after a crisis that lasted several weeks due to the resistance of...