Following two weeks of talks closing on Thursday 8 February with no significant breakthrough, despite the impetus fed in at ministerial level on 30 January, the negotiators of the EU and of Mercosur (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay) will meet in Asuncion from 19 February to 2 March, following the break for the Brazilian Carnival, to try to remove the final obstacles to the conclusion of a political agreement, before the general election campaign in Brazil kicks off in March.