Coinciding with the sixth negotiating round of the controversial EU-US TTIP* trade negotiations this week, a new European Citizens’ Initiative on TTIP was successfully registered with the European Commission. The Greens/EFA group has announced it will support the initiative and will proactively work to ensure a successful outcome. Announcing this,…

Watch this slapstick like recap of the EFA/Greens group on their work in the European Parliament prepared in an internal boot camp. You will see us have fun and really giving our best emulating the other sides opinions, which certainly ist tough for a green by conviction.    

Obama is in Brussels today to talk about the free trade agreement with the EU, called TTIP. In its current form, TTIP is a threat to European citizens – it would lower standards on food, health, and the environment. Time for a limbo dance on Place Luxembourg! We ask Barroso,…

FRIENDS OF THE EARTH EUROPE, CORPORATE EUROPE OBSERVATORY, SIERRA CLUB, TRANSNATIONAL INSTITUTE, POWERSHIFT, BLUE PLANET PROJECT, ATTAC FRANCE Press release NEW REPORT: NO FRACKING WAY The full report is available here: http://www.foeeurope.org/no-fracking-way Amsterdam/Berlin/Brussels/Ottawa/Washington, March 6, 2014 – A trade deal between the EU and the US risks opening the backdoor…

Director-General of the WTO Azevedo in the committee meeting In the trade committee (INTA) meeting the Director General of the World Trade Organisation Azevedo reported on the results of the Ministerial Conference in Bali. In his speech he presented the Bali package as a great success. Azevedo stated that the…

The Free Trade Agreement with the USA (TTIP)  After the public pressure of the last months, the Commission has relented at least partly on the highly dangerous Investor-State-Dispute-Settlement (ISDS) mechanism. There will be a three month open consultation starting in March on the basis of a preliminary draft of the…

Quick Proceedings: EU-USA Trade Agreement (TTIP) On 8th of July the first negotiation round of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership between the EU und the USA started. Negotiations are foreseen to end within two years, this year alone there will be three rounds in total. In the course of…

A new partnership between the EU and the US – “TTIP” In May, the European Parliament had voted in favour of a quite uncritical mandate allowing the EU Commission to negotiate a trade agreement with the USA. The only positive aspect was the request to exclude cultural and audio-visual services.…

Lately, there have been renewed efforts to start negotiations for a Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) between the European Union and the United States of America. There are many concerns we as Greens have. What so far has been barely discussed is the impact of such an agreement on the…

Lately, there have been renewed efforts to start negotiations for a Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) between the European Union and the United States of America. The negotiations for the Free Trade Agreement are expected to start in July. The EU Commission wants to push it through within two…