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This was one of the conclusions highlighted Monday MEP UI in a talk organized by the youth association 'The Empedrá' in Cieza.
There was expectation response ciezanos the talk organized by the youth association 'The Empedrá' on TTIP, held Monday at the Club Atalaya-Ateneo de la Villa de Cieza and ran by young MEP IU, Marina Albiol.
Neither the large attendance, especially youth, forcing enable the annexed area to the auditorium, and the rapporteur's dissertation, with a clear, precise and objective story, the audience was won, disappointed.
Marina Albiol, warned that the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Agreement that currently traded United States and the European Union is unknown to the vast majority of the Spanish population, however, approval, if will happen, will significant impact on labor, social and environmental rights acquired over the years by the 'powers' to acquire the multinational with the signing of this agreement, known as the TTIP.
He explained that the objective of TTIP is to create the conditions for businesses to either side of the Atlantic can operate freely and the least possible obstacles are.
Therefore, aspects affect the environment, agriculture, public services ... so that if enacted will be present in all areas of life as directly affect the pillars of democracy, stopping the negative impact of private arbitration courts as multinationals may denounce any legislation to understand that harms them.
She stressed that it is a political project of a transatlantic elite to reverse those gains we have made in recent years in terms of social, environmental labor rights, etc., warning that there is talk of regulatory cooperation and, in that Here, we are talking about harmonizing down regulations from the US and Europe.
We are talking about signing a treaty with the United States when he has not signed many of the conventions of the International Labour Organisation.
Made it clear that's not exactly a war United States versus Europe, but are multinational against labor, social, environmental and democratic rights of the working class in the United States and Europe.
Both have much to lose, and those that stand to gain are the majors.
He criticized the strategy TTIP hiding, because if the public begins to know what it is would undoubtedly much more opposition and mobilization.
In fact, the treaty is being negotiated in virtual secrecy.
"Even MEPs have almost no access to information. In the European Parliament there is a room where you are part of the documents or even all have access to that room, where it is not permitted to photocopy. So secret is being done that Ombudsman of the European Union, which is not to be a radical leftist, has already drawn attention to the European Commission, "he said.
As to why affects Europe, said that at present we have some governments in the European Union, the tripartite of conservatives, social democrats and liberals, who are absolutely beholden to the interests of large multinationals.
"And in fact, if you look at the entire negotiating process, 92% of the meetings that have been held have been lobbies of big business while just has been with unions, NGOs and social movements. That is, it is making a treaty for these multinationals continue to increase their profits and can wander free in Europe and the United States without having any obstacle they limit ".
She stressed that we are talking about a step, a giant step.
"Right now, in Europe we still maintain certain limits on public services, which are a very hearty for these multinational or such as fracking, in the US market is a common practice."
According to the MEP, "what is behind the Treaty is an attempt to curb political left. The Treaty seeks leave everything well tied. For example, if the United Left won in the city of Santander, and one of the services that can be privatized such as water, wants to revert to the public, with this Agreement, we may find that a multinational water denounces this attempt to return it to the public because it understands that goes against its benefits and that would undermine and, therefore, if you win that lawsuit in private courts being negotiated, we would point not only because of a government wants to privatize privatized, that is already happening in Valencia and Madrid with health, but we are reaching the point of that even against popular will or a multinational leftist government could prevent a service to the public is reversed. "
He gave the example of Egypt, through the Arab Spring managed to increase the minimum wage.
As Egypt had an investment agreement with France, a multinational country has reported that raising the minimum wage because he understands that hurts.
And Egypt has a claim that has not been resolved.
It is an example of how the Treaty seeks to prevent leftist policies but has left wins the election.
The Treaty causes countries to do the policies that the people want because it's all tied at the top.
Finally, he noted that in favor of TTIP are PP, PSOE, UPyD, CIU and PNV, which are those that voted against when the Group of United Left in Congress have called for a referendum.
Source: IU-verdes Cieza
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