480 organisations demand European Parliament should stop TTIP
Ahead of the EP’s vote on resolution: European Stop TTIP alliance sends open letter
The European Parliament is about to make another attempt to pass a
resolution on the EU-US trade deal TTIP this Wednesday. Ahead of this
critical vote, an alliance of over 480 organisations from across Europe
is calling on MEPs to take the strong resistance from citizens
seriously. 2.3 million Europeans have signed a self-organised European
Citizens’ Initiative that calls for an end of the TTIP negotiations. All
MEPs today received the following letter in their native language,
signed by the Stop TTIP organisations in their respective country:
Dear Member of the European Parliament,
We are writing regarding the imminent vote in the European Parliament
on the initiative report on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment
Partnership TTIP. We welcome that the European Parliament is forming its
opinion on TTIP and the role it has already played in the democratic
public debates on the issue. We now appeal to all Members of the
European Parliament to take into account the declared will of 2.3
million citizens when considering their position and thus pass a strong
resolution that calls for a stop to TTIP negotiations on the basis of
the current negotiation mandate. At the very least we ask you to
consider the strong criticism ISDS has faced both in the public debate
and in the European Commission’s consultation and reject ISDS in any
form.
We, the signatories, represent 483 organisations from across Europe.
Our alliance includes trade unions and civil society organisations that
represent a wide range of public interests including environmental
protection, public health, civil rights, agriculture, consumer rights,
animal welfare, social and labour standards, workers’ rights, digital
rights and essential public services including education and health.
We have collected more than 2.3 million signatures in the past eight
months against the conclusion of TTIP and the ratification of the
Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with Canada. This
makes Stop TTIP the largest European Citizens’ Initiative to date*. We
want to prevent TTIP and CETA because they include several critical
issues such as investor-state dispute settlement and rules on regulatory
cooperation that pose a threat to democracy and the rule of law. We
want to prevent lowering of standards concerning employment, social,
environmental, privacy and consumers and the deregulation of public
services (such as water) and cultural assets from being deregulated in
non-transparent negotiations.
Yours sincerely,
483 organisations of the Europe-wide Stop TTIP alliance
*Stop TTIP is a Europe-wide alliance that was formed to carry out a
European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) on TTIP and CETA. We applied for
registration of our ECI on 15 July 2014. On 11 September 2014, the
European Commission rejected the registration based on arguments we
believe are not in accordance with EU regulations. That’s why we
challenge the Commission’s decision in the European Court of Justice and
in the meantime carry out our ECI on a self-organised basis. For
further information, please see
https://stop-ttip.org/about-the-eci-campaign/.
The European Parliament is about to make another attempt to pass a
resolution on the EU-US trade deal TTIP this Wednesday. Ahead of this
critical vote, an alliance of over 480 organisations from across Europe
is calling on MEPs to take the strong resistance from citizens
seriously. 2.3 million Europeans have signed a self-organised European
Citizens’ Initiative that calls for an end of the TTIP negotiations. All
MEPs today received the following letter in their native language,
signed by the Stop TTIP organisations in their respective country:
Dear Member of the European Parliament,
We are writing regarding the imminent vote in the European Parliament
on the initiative report on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment
Partnership TTIP. We welcome that the European Parliament is forming its
opinion on TTIP and the role it has already played in the democratic
public debates on the issue. We now appeal to all Members of the
European Parliament to take into account the declared will of 2.3
million citizens when considering their position and thus pass a strong
resolution that calls for a stop to TTIP negotiations on the basis of
the current negotiation mandate. At the very least we ask you to
consider the strong criticism ISDS has faced both in the public debate
and in the European Commission’s consultation and reject ISDS in any
form.
We, the signatories, represent 483 organisations from across Europe.
Our alliance includes trade unions and civil society organisations that
represent a wide range of public interests including environmental
protection, public health, civil rights, agriculture, consumer rights,
animal welfare, social and labour standards, workers’ rights, digital
rights and essential public services including education and health.
We have collected more than 2.3 million signatures in the past eight
months against the conclusion of TTIP and the ratification of the
Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with Canada. This
makes Stop TTIP the largest European Citizens’ Initiative to date*. We
want to prevent TTIP and CETA because they include several critical
issues such as investor-state dispute settlement and rules on regulatory
cooperation that pose a threat to democracy and the rule of law. We
want to prevent lowering of standards concerning employment, social,
environmental, privacy and consumers and the deregulation of public
services (such as water) and cultural assets from being deregulated in
non-transparent negotiations.
Yours sincerely,
483 organisations of the Europe-wide Stop TTIP alliance
*Stop TTIP is a Europe-wide alliance that was formed to carry out a
European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) on TTIP and CETA. We applied for
registration of our ECI on 15 July 2014. On 11 September 2014, the
European Commission rejected the registration based on arguments we
believe are not in accordance with EU regulations. That’s why we
challenge the Commission’s decision in the European Court of Justice and
in the meantime carry out our ECI on a self-organised basis. For
further information, please see
https://stop-ttip.org/about-the-eci-campaign/.
