India-EU FTA will generate wealth and prosperity in both partners: German Ambassador Philipp Ackermann

5 min readNew DelhiJul 28, 2026 08:01 PM IST Germany’s Ambassador to India Philipp Ackermann at the Idea Exchange program at The Indian Express earlier this month. (Photo by Gajendra Yadav/ Express Archive)Ambassador of the European Union (EU) to India Hervé Delphin said last month that the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between India and the EU could enter into force in the first quarter of 2027. Earlier, on June 17, following a meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the sidelines of the G7 Summit in Évian-les-Bains, France, the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, had posted on X that “We will sign the Free Trade Agreement by the end of the year.”India and the EU announced the conclusion of the FTA in New Delhi on January 27 this year. In the weeks that followed,