On the eve of the CETA vote,
MEPs Anne-Marie Mineur (GUE/NGL), in cooperation with Maria Arena (S&D), and José Bové (Greens-EFA), invite to the conference:
REASONS AND MEANS TO REJECT CETA
European Parliament, Strasbourg, Tuesday 14th February at 15:30, Room S.2.1
After Trump’s election, there are more reasons even to oppose CETA.
And if the European Parliament does not reject this harmful agreement this week, the peoples or the judges will do it later.
With participation of and as guest speakers:
– Blair Redlin, Canada, Co-chair of the Trade Justice Network, and former researcher of the Canadian Union of Public Employees
– Daniel Feher, German Stop TTIP campaign
– Joan Josep Nuet i Pujals, MP of Catalunya for CETA free Regions and Cities
– Mathilde Dupré, (Institut Vleben) on SMEs
– Roelien Knottnerus, researcher from SOMO
followed by an open debate.
For access to the European Parliament, please send the following form before Monday 12th February noon : https://goo.gl/forms/YCbEWzQHP7PI5p6j2
Contact: [email protected] [email protected]
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MONDAY 13 February 12:45
Meeting of press with French MEPs who are leaving for Strasbourg
*Photo opportunities
Front of Gare de l’Est, Paris
15:15
Symbolic handover of CETA CHECK by Vice-President of EP, Papadimoulis and other Vice-Presidents
*Photo opportunities
In front o European Parliament (EP), Strasbourg
TUESDAY 14 February
11:00
Distribution of 200 Stop CETA T-shirts
11:30
GUE/NGL Press briefing
covering various topics including CETA, Malta Summit, Eurogroup Greek review & others. MEPs: Anne-Marie Mineur, Dimitrios Papadimoulis, Neoklis Sylikiotis
15:30
Open debate: Reasons and means to reject CETA Room S.2.1
EP, Strasbourg
17:00
Press conference: Reasons and means to reject CETA co-invited by Helmut Scholz (GUE/NGL MEP), Maria Arena (S&D MEP and Ska Keller (Green MEP, TBC) with participation of representatives of organisations opposing CETA from the EU and Canada, as well as local authorities in Spanish)
Press conference room LOW N-1/201,
20:00
Rally organised by STOP CETA Campaign
Food, drinks, speeches by MEPs and CSOs and music
GUE/NGL MEPs very much welcome.
*Photo opportunities
Molodoï,
19, rue du Ban de la Roche, 67000 Strasbourg
STOP CETA Campaign
WEDNESDAY 15 February
8:00 – 9:00
Action by NGOs outside Parliament with Trojan Horse and more, corridor welcoming MEPs rejecting CETA, *Photo opportunities
Outside
EP, Strasbourg
9:00
CETA Debate in plenary
Inside hemicycle,
EP, Strasbourg
10:00 – 13:00
Twitterstorm
Everyone to tweet about CETA
11:00
Visible presence of GUE/NGL MEPs and STOP-CETA militants in front of plenary, with T-shirts and posters on reasons to reject CETA
*Photo opportunities
11:30
Arrival anti-CETA demo to Parliament and static protest
12:00
CETA vote in plenary
15:00 – 16:30
Meeting of Spanish Stop CETA/TTIP movement
invited by GUE/NGL (without interpretation)
Room S.3.7,
EP, Strasbourg
15:30
Left Caucus press conference: Struggle against CETA continues
MEPs: Anne-Marie Mineur (MEP, GUE/NGL), YannickJadot (MEP, Greens/EFA), and Georgi Pirinski (MEP, S&D)
19:00
Possible decentralised ANTI-CETA protests in several European cities (TBC)
Several European cities
THURSDAY 16 February
11:00
Speech of Trudeau. GUE/NGL MEPs could want to stand up with their T-shirt expressing why they oppose CETA