The Court of Justice of the EU will determine if the accord with South American nations is compatible with the bloc’s policy.
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The European Parliament has voted to refer the European Union’s contentious free trade agreement with four South American countries to the bloc’s top court, casting a veil of uncertainty over the future of the accord as it ended a 25-year wait.
In a close ballot on Wednesday, lawmakers in the French city of Strasbourg voted 334 to 324 in favour of asking the Court of Justice of the European Union to determine whether the deal backed by most EU nations and the European Commission is compatible with the bloc’s policy.
