Merkel wants to talk to Bolsonaro about preservation

On the eve of the G20, German chancellor Angela Merkel spoke to the German Parliament and said that she hoped to have an opportunity to talk directly to president Bolsonaro about deforestation in Brazil at the summit in Osaka. Calling the human rights situation in Brazil “dramatic”, Merkel’s address was seen as a response to the NGO letter sent in the previous week questioning the Mercosul - European Union trade agreement and demanding stronger measures to curb deforestation and to implement the Paris Agreement.