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von der Leyen gambles Mercosur deal's benefits will outweigh negative impacts before court takes view on legality - snap analysisLisa O’CarrollThe gamble Ursula von der Leyen has taken will be pay off if in a year or two years’ time the impact of Mercosur has not been as bad as opponents predict.The European court of justice could take two years to adjudicate on the legality of the deal by which time the world will know how Mercosur has landed.European farmers in the grain, beef, and poultry sectors have described themselves as “collateral damage” in the deal but within two years the level of that damage will be known.So von der Leyen’s gamble is that the ECJ rules in favour of the deal, trade will deliver economic growth with limited impact on European farmers making it difficult for the European Parliament to then vote against the deal.Key events9h agoClosing summary9h agoOne dead, 'at least 20' injured in tram crash in Milan, media reports say9h agoFrance's Macron to outline his plan on nuclear arms next week10h agoEU opens up funding to guarantee abortion rights across bloc11h agoItaly's Meloni calls for liberalisation of EU's trade with US, rejects tariffs11h agoEuropean Parliament's trade committee chair backs Mercosur's provisional application12h agoGermany hails 'historic' deal with South America's Mercosur12h agovon der Leyen gambles Mercosur deal's benefits will outweigh negative impacts before court takes view on legality - snap analysis12h agoProvisional Mercosur implementation 'bad surprise' and 'disrespectful,' Macron says12h agoIrish MEP says move to provisionally implement Mercosur deal 'no surprise'12h agoMercosur trade deal could go into provisional application by May - snap analysis13h agoZelenskyy moves to engage with Fico instead of Orbán - snap analysis13h agoZelenskyy invites Slovakia's Fico to discuss 'all existing issues'13h agoHungary's Orbán teams up with Slovakia's Fico to put pressure on Ukraine over…