What you didn’t Know About The Link Between TTIP, COP21 and Secret Courts
dispute settlement mechanism) system were introduced during
transatlantic trade and investment partnership (TTIP) talks, angering
both MEPs and civil society.
ISDS would have allowed companies to battle it out with national
governments before private courts, prompting fears that businesses would
hold too much power over legislators.
European trade Commissioner Cecilia
Malmström revealed plans for a new investor protection system, as an
alternative to the highly controversial ISDS back in September, mainly
due to enormous opposition to it.
Yet when openly questioned about the huge and ever growing opposition by European citizens to TTIP more widely, Malmström responded “I do not take my mandate from the European people.”
This unelected bureaucrat receives her orders directly from the
corporate lobbyists that swarm around Brussels. In so doing, Cecilia
Malmström has quite clearly demonstrated the contempt with which she and
her fellow commissioners view the European people. When you add the
minimum €20,000 monthly salary plus expenses and future revolving doors
deals, this is a very lucrative business for people like Malmström.
