The EU Commission hopes that the Mercosur agreement can be signed after Javier Milei takes office as Argentina’s new president. Milei, who describes himself as an anarcho-capitalist, takes office on December 10. He had positioned himself against the agreement during the election campaign. By the Christmas break, it will be clear whether the four Mercosur states and the EU Commission can agree on minor changes to the agreement, which has been under negotiation since 2019, in order to sign the agreement before the European elections, according to reports in Brussels.