European Commission faces court challenge over trade talks
Alliance to launch self-organised Citizens’ Initiative on TTIP & CETA
Alliance to launch self-organised Citizens’ Initiative on TTIP & CETA
Stop TTIP
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We are a coalition of citizens’ organizations that is aiming to launch a European Citizens' Initiative on the free trade agreements TTIP and CETA.
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What threatens us all with TTIP and CETA, can be seen at Rosia Montana/Romania: http://bit.ly/1uK0SZj Let us continue to resist!
"Ahora es cuando verdaderamente comienza la batalla", asegura Michael Efler, portavoz de la iniciativa. "El rechazo a esta iniciativa ciudadana europea sólo corrobora la estrategia de la Comisión Europea de excluir a ciudadanos y parlamenta...rios de las negociaciones del #TTIP y del #CETA", denuncia en una nota de prensa, en la que también critica que, "en vez de escuchar a los ciudadanos, Bruselas sólo está prestando atención a los lobbistas". Mehr anzeigen
Ein genialer und treffender Kommentar über die #EBI-Ablehnung durch die EU-Kommission von Steffen Stierle (Attac Deutschland): "Die Kommission zielt ganz offensichtlich darauf ab, Bürgerbeteiligung auszuschließen und so TTIP gegen den Willen der Bevölkerung durchzusetzen. Vor die viel erwähnten verschlossenen Türen, hinter denen TTIP verhandelt wird, soll nun noch ein ganz dickes Schloss gehängt werden."
“It’s a serious threat to British democracy from Brussels.” That´s true (but also for all other member states democracies). http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/sep/14/ttip-deal-british-sovereignty-cameron-ukip-treaty
Here´s an interview with the Spanish-language TV channel RT acualidad on the rejection of the ECI. http://actualidad.rt.com/video/actualidad/view/140252-negociaciones-tratado-bruselas-eeuu-democraticas
Our campaign will continue! Even after the rejection of the Commission we got several new supporting organizations (now 235 from 21 member states). We will discuss and decide alternative campaign strategies soon. So please stay with us! Here´s another good article on the ridiculous decision of the Commission: http://www.euractiv.com/sections/trade-industry/commission-opposes-european-citizens-initiative-against-ttip-308406
"There is something rotten in the state of Europe when an unelected, unaccountable EU body can glibly inform millions of us that we no longer have the right to question its most dangerous and unpopular policies", says John Hilary of our Alliance Member War on Want.
Die Süddeutsche Zeitung spricht von einer "spitzfindigen" Argumentation der Kommission bei der Ablehnung der EBI. Das sehen wir genauso und natürlich werden wir das nicht einfach so hinnehmen. http://www.sueddeutsche.de/wirtschaft/freihandelsabkommen-mit-den-usa-eu-kommission-stoppt-buergerinitiative-gegen-ttip-1.2126442
The European Commission has decided not to register our ECI. This is a major attack on the resistance against these treaties. We will not stop our fight against TTIP and CETA and discuss all options. Here´s our press release (German, English version will follow).
http://stop-ttip.org/europaeische-kommission-will-buergereinfluss-bei-ttip-und-ceta-ausschalten/
http://stop-ttip.org/europaeische-kommission-will-buergereinfluss-bei-ttip-und-ceta-ausschalten/
The former german justice minister Hertha Däubler-Gmelin sees CETA as not acceptable and potentially unconstitutional (German). http://t.co/6cIX1yDT1H
Interesting TV report (German) on the relationship between tar sands and CETA. Canadian oil companies would get the right to sue the EU in case of stricter climate rules that effect tar sand exports.
http://www.daserste.de/information/wirtschaft-boerse/plusminus/videos/schaedliches-oel-100.html
http://www.daserste.de/information/wirtschaft-boerse/plusminus/videos/schaedliches-oel-100.html
The EU is under heavy pressure to allow imports of GMOs from US and Canada. http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/sep/05/eu-gm-food-imports-us-canada
You may have heard the news today that trade commissioner De Gucht will not keep his post in the new commission. Our farewell:
Today our 200th member joined the Stop TTIP ECI alliance! Welcome 'Focus' from Slovenia and here is to many more TTIP rebels!
