Trade negotiations between the European Union and the United States over the Transatlantic Treaty (TTIP) are discreet to the point of secret. And it is not enough to demand more transparency, because it is not the details, it is the very spirit of the project that is toxic! And if one day an agreement is submitted to our political authorities, they will no longer be able to change anything... Mobilization is essential, now!
The TTIP aims to facilitate investments and commercial or financial exchanges, but by going so far as to give priority to private interests over the right of States to legislate according to their situation, their needs – or according to the socio-political options of their citizens. This follows a major trend that is affecting the entire planet. In the new generation of international treaties, private interests are no longer just the driving forces, they become the pursued objective [1]This is not really new: “In capitalist society, the economic system was developed separately from the rest of society. The absorption of this system into society… Continue readingAttachments
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↑1 | This is not really new: “In capitalist society, the economic system was developed separately from the rest of society. The absorption of this system into society is the next step towards the completion of community in society. Liberalism has disintegrated society by separating the economic, political, “religious”, etc. spheres. : integrating them again into a whole is the task that faces our time. This puts pressure on us to accomplish the next task: changing the economic system. » (Karl Polanyi, 1937). |
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↑2 | Pascal Lamy, 'The new world of commerce'. Commentary 151, fall 2015, p. 491-498. |
↑3 | Lora Verheecke and David Lundy (Corporate Europe Observatory), 'Lobbies will crush democracy'. La Libre Belgique, 18.1.2016, p.44-45. Michel Cermak (from CNCD-11.11.11) 'The slalom of Malström', La Libre enterprise, 2.4.2016, p. 10-11. Lessons in lucidity. |
↑4 | Some links to get you involved:
http://www.cncd.be/-stop-ttip
https://stop-ttip.org/fr/
Anti-TTIP petition signed by 3 million peoplehttp://transatlantique.blog.lemonde.fr/2015/10/06/trois-millions-de-signatures-contre-le-traite-transatlantique-taftattip/ http://action.sumofus.org/fr/a/ttip-ceta-french/ |