Left responses to the TTIP
Left responses to the TTIP
2nd Workshop/Hearing by GUE/NGL group in the European Parliament
8 April 2014,
from 09:00 to 12:30
European Parliament, Brussels, Room A1G2
– Interpretation available FR, DE, NL, EN, DA, EL, ES, PT, SV, CS, LV
PROGRAMME
(draft on 1 April 2014)
09:00
Introduction by Helmut Scholz, MEP
TTIP, where we stand, challenges for a New International Trade Policy , (GUE/NGL)
09:20
“Assessing the claimed benefits of the TTIP”,
Presentation of a study commended by GUE/NGL, by Werner Razza and Rudi von Arnim, ÖFSE, Austria
followed by Questions and debate
10:15:
TTIP as a threat on democracy,
chaired by Marie-Christine Vergiat, MEP (GUE/NGL)
What moves behind the curtains,
by Paul de Clerck, Friend of the Earth Europe, Coordinator for Economic Justice Program
Dangers of the transatlantic legislative coordination,
by Bruno Poncelet, CEPAG-FGTB Wallonne, researcher
followed by Questions and debate
11:00:
The campaign against the TTIP in Parliaments in the EU Member States and working on alternatives
Debate among all participants: Striving for synergies between the work of parties and
parliamentarians, Trade Unions, NGO networks and social movements.
12:15:
Conclusions of 2nd Workshop/Hearing by GUE/NGL group in the European Parliament
Helmut Scholz
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