{"id":615,"date":"2016-09-23T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-09-22T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/eu-unit\/uncategorized\/615\/bratislava-climber-protest-ends-week-of-mobilisation-against-eu-trade-deals\/"},"modified":"2019-11-06T09:34:15","modified_gmt":"2019-11-06T08:34:15","slug":"bratislava-climber-protest-ends-week-of-mobilisation-against-eu-trade-deals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/eu-unit\/issues\/democracy-europe\/615\/bratislava-climber-protest-ends-week-of-mobilisation-against-eu-trade-deals\/","title":{"rendered":"Bratislava climber protest ends week of mobilisation against EU trade deals"},"content":{"rendered":"

Greenpeace warns trade ministers not to feed EU resentment with misguided decisions on trade<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tBratislava\/Brussels \u2013 A daring protest high above the Slovak capital on Friday morning concluded an intense week of mobilisation across Europe against EU trade deals with Canada (known as CETA) and the US (known as TTIP). Greenpeace called on EU trade ministers meeting in Bratislava today to oppose the deals and put the protection of people and planet ahead of trade.
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Ten climbers from Austria, Slovakia and Croatia scaled the imposing UFO<\/em> tower on the Bridge of the National Uprising over the Danube to display a 2.5 by 10-metre banner reading \u201cNO TTIP\u201d<\/em>. The futuristic tower faces Bratislava castle and stands 85 metres above the old town, where the ministers are meeting.<\/p>\n

Immediately before the tower protest, demonstrators representing a broad coalition of NGOs and trade unions marched in Bratislava to call on European governments to rethink the EU\u2019s external trade agenda. Over the last week, hundreds of thousands of Europeans have demonstrated against CETA and TTIP from Berlin to Brussels, and Vienna to Stockholm.<\/p>\n

Greenpeace trade campaigner <\/strong>Susan Cohen Jehoram <\/strong>said: \u201cThe ministers will have the chants of all the people who have taken to the streets ringing in their ears. They can protect democracy, our health and the environment, or they can allow powerful corporate lobbies to dictate policy through these trade deals. If they squander this chance they will sink Europe\u2019s credibility even further.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

The ministers are expected to signal their country\u2019s readiness to sign CETA and to discuss which parts of the agreement will apply provisionally \u2013 as soon as the European Commission and governments sign it, but before national parliaments are consulted. The ministers will also discuss the faltering status of TTIP talks, following damning comments from senior politicians in France and Germany.<\/p>\n

One major area of concern related to CETA is the inclusion of ICS \u2013 the Investment Court System \u2013 allowing foreign companies to sue states if they feel their investments are constrained by regulation. This system and other CETA provisions undermine the right for governments to adopt and enforce laws which are in the public interest, warned Greenpeace. Any multinational corporation based in or with a subsidiary in Canada could use ICS to challenge regulation.<\/p>\n

A recent study has also warned about the impact of CETA on jobs. Research by Tufts University<\/a> found that, by 2023, 230,000 jobs will be lost as a result of CETA \u2013 200,000 of them in the EU.<\/p>\n

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Contacts<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

Andrey Allakhverdov (in Bratislava) <\/strong>\u2013 Senior Greenpeace communications officer: +48 737 461 381<\/p>\n

Susan Cohen Jehoram (in Bratislava)<\/strong> \u2013 Greenpeace trade campaigner: +31 6 21296904<\/p>\n

Greenpeace EU press desk<\/strong>: +32 (0)2 274 1911, pressdesk.eu@greenpeace.org<\/a><\/p>\n

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For breaking news and comment on EU affairs:\u00a0www.twitter.com\/GreenpeaceEU<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Greenpeace is an independent global campaigning organisation that acts to change attitudes and behaviour, to protect and conserve the environment and to promote peace. Greenpeace does not accept donations from governments, the EU, businesses or political parties.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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