A bunch of unelected bureaucrats in Brussels cannot build a Europe of the people. The Commission wants to avoid a repeat of the right2water campaign by any means. The campaign demanded affordable and non-privatized access to clean drinking water in 2013. It was the first initiative to collect more than a million signatures necessary and thus force a debate on the EU Commission. While European Citizens’ Initiatives are non-binding it was successful. The EU Commission and its agenda of water privatization were put on the back foot. A European Citizens’ Initiative on TTIP would most likely derail the TTIP negotiations all together given the broad opposition which already exists. rt/op-edge/188428-ttip-eu-ceta-reject-initiative/
Posted on: Wed, 17 Sep 2014 12:05:24 +0000
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