Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières
, by Corporate Europe Observatory
Following calls for openness and public participation, the European Commission now advertises its trade negotiations as transparent and inclusive. But crucial information about EU trade deals are still kept from citizens. Even member state governments regularly complain about being left in the (...)
, by Foodwatch
New EU Trade deals would harm consumers, the environment and demorcracy
The European Union is currently negotiating a series of new free trade agreements that would have a negative impact on consumer rights, environmental standards and democratic principles. These are the findings of a report (...)
, by MEDAROV Georgi
In the past few years, particularly after the 2007-8 world food price crisis, there has been a lot of attention to the global expansion of large-scale acquisitions of farmland, or what is usually referred to as land grabs.
The investors range from transnational corporations and high-class (...)
, by FRIEDAM George
German Chancellor Angela Merkel went to St. Petersburg last week for meetings with Russian President Dmitri Medvedev. The central question on the table was Germany’s position on NATO expansion, particularly with regard to Ukraine and Georgia. Merkel made it clear at a joint press conference that (...)
AI Index: EUR 01/008/200614 June 2006
Introduction
“The body of information gathered makes it unlikely that European states were completely unaware of what was happening, in the context of the fight against international terrorism, in some of their airports, in their airspace or at American (...)
, by HOEDMAN Olivier
Introduction
In contradiction with its lofty rethoric about “harnessing globalisation”, the EU continues to shape its international trade policies around the ’offensive interests’ of major EU-based corporations. The Asia-Europe Business Forum (AEBF), through which corporations enjoy privileged (...)
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