An Attack on Democracy: New Legal Analysis on Splitting of EU-Mercosur Deal
A new legal analysis lifts the lid on an attempt by the European Commission to “split” the EU-Mercosur trade deal, in order to approve the ‘trade’ part of the deal without the unanimous support of EU member states and without…
170+ organisations call for an Alternative to the EU Mercosur Trade Agreement
+++ SIGN THE STATEMENT BELOW +++ Find the Spanish version here, the Portuguese here and German here We firmly believe that the countries of the MERCOSUR and the EU need to improve and transform their relationship. In the last three…
Join the Week of Action Against EU-Mercosur!
Join the Wave of Action: Stop the EU-Mercosur, EU-Chile & EU-Mexico trade deals! Join the Wave of Action from kicking off from 22nd May 2023 against the neoliberal and neocolonial policies of the EU ! All activities are welcome that…
209 Civil Society Organisations Say: EU trade deals must not undermine democratic rights
In order to bypass criticism by some EU governments and parliaments, the European Commission wants to change the voting process for upcoming trade agreements with Mexico, Chile and the Mercosur countries (Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay) and make it easier…
Six reasons NOT to ratify the EU-Mexico Global Agreement
Sign the statement here +++Read the statement in Spanish, German and French+++ 4 July 2022 The undersigned civil society organisations, trade unions, human rights, animal welfare and environmental defenders, address this statement to policy makers in Mexico and the European…
Stop the E-Commerce Negotiations and use Data in the Public Interest
Read the Statement here in German We demand an immediate stop to the E-Commerce negotiations at WTO level and the ability to Use Data for the Public Interest In recent years chapters on “digital trade” and “e-commerce” have been introduced in bilateral…
How the EU pesticide lobby is harming people and planet in the Global South
DOWNLOAD the full report here in ENGLISH and PORTUGUESE Corporations like Bayer and BASF, who are the leading European pesticide producers, have been heavily promoting the EU-Mercosur trade deal through lobby groups. Their joint lobby efforts have borne fruit: pesticide use…
Turnaround: New Multilateral Trade Rules for People-Centered Shared Prosperity and Sustainable Development
+++The statement was first published here and is also available in French and Spanish.+++ 1. People around the world need a global economy that facilitates shared prosperity with human, labor, social and economic rights to facilitate the achievement, at a…
Ethanol expansion under the EU-Mercosur trade deal
“Sugarcane”: License: CC BY Download the report in English | Portuguese | Spanish An EU-turn on the green transition European chemical companies are set to benefit from an increased trade in ethanol, thanks to the EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement. Portrayed as a…
More than 400 Civil Society Organisations say: Leave the ECT by COP26
More than 400 are calling on political leaders across all European countries to prioritise climate policies, to stick to their climate commitments, and therefore to initiate withdrawal from the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) by COP26 at the latest. Read the…
Civil Society call for democratic control of EU-UK trade relations
Dear members of the European Parliament, As civil society organisations from the UK and the EU, we want to express our concerns regarding the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement which is currently provisionally applied and is to be ratified by…