88 Progressive Members of the European Parliament coming from four different political groups addressed an open letter of support to Wallonia in its refusal to give its consent for the signature of CETA. This letter underlines the need for informed and controversial debate in the face of a profound democratic crisis and calls for all […]
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Opinion Piece in European press: “Europe does not need CETA”
Members of the Progressive Caucus co-signed an opinion piece on CETA demonstrating that this agreement is not a progressive deal. This open-ed has successfully been published in various media. Germany – Die Zeit, 14.10.2016: http://www.zeit.de/wirtschaft/2016-10/ceta-freihandelsabkommen-kanada-eu-schiedsgerichte-ttip-verbraucherschutz France – Libération, 15.10.2016: http://www.liberation.fr/planete/2016/10/15/l-europe-n-a-pas-besoin-du-ceta_1522036 European – Euractiv, 16.10.2016: https://www.euractiv.com/section/trade-society/opinion/ceta-is-not-the-progressive-agreement-it-claims-to-be/ Bulgaria – Duma, 16.10.2016: http://www.duma.bg/node/133921 Spain – El Diario, 16.10.2016 […]
“CETA not the Progressive Agreement it claims to be”, Euractiv
By Marie Arena, S&D (Parti socialiste – Belgium); Guillaume Balas, S&D (Parti socialiste – France); Hugues Bayet, S&D (Parti socialiste – Belgium); Sergio Cofferati, S&D (Italy); Fabio De Masi, GUE/NGL (DIE LINKE – Germany); Yannick Jadot, Greens/EFA (Europe Ecologie – France); Eva Joly, Greens/EFA (Europe Ecologie – France); Stelios Kouloglou, GUE/NGL (ΣΥΡΙΖΑ – Greece); Curzio […]
Press Review: Event on CETA in the European Parliament
On 6th september, Progressive Members of the European Parliament, from different political groups organized a debate on CETA and free-trade agreements. The international press reported about this initiative of the Progressive Caucus of the European Parliament. El diario, 05.09.2016: http://www.eldiario.es/politica/Eurodiputados-socialistas-GUE-Bruselas-coordinar_0_555744667.html Repubblica, 06.09.2016: http://www.repubblica.it/europa/2016/09/06/news/al_parlamento_ue_nasce_il_progressive_caucus_per_la_sinistra_del_futuro_-66367 Eunews, 06.09.2016: http://www.eunews.it/2016/09/06/al-parlamento-ue-nasce-il-progressive-caucus-per-la-sinistra-del-futuro/66367 Teinteresa, 06.09.2016: http://www.teinteresa.es/mundo/Eurodiputados-izquierdas-ecologistas-UE-cooperativa_0_1645635584.html Real.gr, 06.09.2016: http://www.real.gr/DefaultArthro.aspx?page=arthro&id=534015&catID=1 RT, 06.09.2016: https://actualidad.rt.com/actualidad/218079-eurodiputados-izquierdas-ecologistas-se-unen-contra-ttip-ceta […]
The Progressive Caucus plays its part in the debate on CETA
About 250 people – citizens, NGOs, trade unions, academics, MEPs – attended the first public event on free-trade agreements TTIP and CETA organised by the Progressive Caucus at the European Parliament yesterday, Tuesday 6th September. Eminent speakers as Pascal Lamy (former Director-General of WTO), Jeronim Capaldo (Tufts University), Penny Clarke, (European Public Service Union), and […]