Welcome to Better Europe's weekly update on EU Affairs. THE POLITICAL MEETING THAT WASN'T Brussels observers described it as a 'political meeting' of EU agriculture ministers on EU food security and sovereignty, but nobody bought it. Behind the talk of farm budgets and 'listening to rural voices', the real topic was the deadlocked EU-Mercosur trade agreement and whether the Commission could secure its approval before a key Coreper meeting on Friday. So, the Commission sent its best negotiators to the meeting: Trade Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič and Agriculture Commissioner Christos Stylianides, who were armed with promises of 'safeguards' and 'flexibility'. The party poopers? France and Poland, who warned that the deal could open the door to unfair competition and weaken Europe’s farming standards. Meanwhile, Italy is drifting towards a yes after…