GUE/NGL reiterates its call for the suspension of TTIP negotiations The President of the European Parliament decided to withdraw tomorrow’s vote on Parliament’s recommendations on the TTIP negotiations Considering that this decision has been taken so late, it is obvious that this is not a technical, but a political decision. This decision was taken after […]
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press conference by Bernd LANGE (S&D, DE), rapporteur, chair of the International Trade Committee, Godelieve QUISTHOUDT-ROWOHL (EPP, DE), Emma McCLARKIN (ECR, UK), Marietje SCHAAKE (ALDE, FR), Yannick JADOT (Greens/EFA, FR), Helmut SCHOLZ (GUE/NGL, DE), and Tiziana BEGHIN (EFDD, IT) Some reactions to the INTA vote War on Want | MEPs accused of […]
Supporters of a far-reaching trade agreement (TTIP) between the EU and the US won a majority in today’s vote in the European Parliament’s trade committee on a resolution on Parliament’s demands on the on-going negotiations. Helmut Scholz, shadow rapporteur for GUE/NGL parliamentary group, criticised this outcome: “Compromises agreed between rapporteur Lange (S&D group) and the […]
Commissioner provides no reasons why legal principles should be given up in order to include ISDS in TTIP agreement Commissioner Cecilia Malmström’s proposal on investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) reform is an unsuccessful attempt to appease the massive criticism of investor-state arbitration, according to GUE/NGL trade policy coordinator, Helmut Scholz. “The Trade Commissioner, as well as […]
BULLSHIT FOR BREAKFAST. Please share. I was invited to a ‘breakfast briefing’ in Brussels this morning by Minister… Posted by Luke ‘Ming’ Flanagan TD on Thursday, 28 May 2015 I was invited to a ‘breakfast briefing’ in Brussels this morning by Minister Richard Bruton on the Transatlantic Trade & Investment Partnership – TTIP as […]
GUE/NGL MEPs will be taking part in the Global Day of Action against TTIP tomorrow (18 April) to reiterate their opposition to the planned EU-US trade deal. MEPs are joining activists and social movements to sound the alarm on the reality of TTIP, one of the most far-reaching trade deals in the history of Europe, […]
Study reveals EU-US trade agreement comes with high social costs and limited actual economic gains TTIP myths shattered by new GUE/NGL-backed report A GUE/NGL commissioned study published today by the Austrian Foundation for Development Research (OFSE) has called into question the alleged benefits of a Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). Rather, the authors have […]
