France, Alternative Libertaire AL #249 - April 18,
international day of action against free trade (fr, it, pt)
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Collective network Stop-Tafta, led by Attac and other membership organizations, political
and trade union wants to build a grassroots movement against the various agreements in
gestation. What are the issues of the day of April 18? ---- Twenty French group took over
then, and dozens of cities and movements worldwide invest themselves[1]: defense of
peasant agriculture, social rights (health and safety) and the employment, free digital...
all stress hardening of the peoples of conditions and the predatory logic promoted by
these agreements. ---- The movement is trying to put pressure on MEPs via public opinion.
A resolution on the Parliament's position on the Tafta was produced by the Committee on
International Trade, resolution on which the other committees must vote in May plenary in
Strasbourg.
The first draft of the text is very favorable to the treaty, while advancing soft
inclination to reform of the dispute settlement mechanism investor-state. So this is the
turning point where everything is decided in advance, well before any signing ceremony.
Moreover, the approach of the Cop21 is an opportunity for the movement to expose the
duplicity of governments, and the urgency to oppose the agreements that are completely
opposed to any agricultural and climatic transition.
But how interested people to these deadlines? The movement seeks a balance of power than
its current resources (called European petition "from below" as deemed unacceptable by the
European Commission, and campaign for communities declaring off-Tafta). If unions such as
the Peasant Confederation, Partners, FSU, are involved alongside civil society and some
elected representatives, all still have room for improvement to support the opposition to
Tafta.
Mouchette (commission ecology)
[1] In Paris: 14h Attac conference in Montreuil - 18h manifestation Republic Stalingrad.
Place Stalingrad, the whole evening, stands and shows devoted to international treaties
and bilateral and dangers. More information: www.libre-echange.info
http://www.alternativelibertaire.org/?Le-18-avril-journee-internationale
