On 21 September 2017, the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with Canada entered into force provisionally and was applied to 90%. The CETA controversy has led the European Commission to rebrand the undemocratic ISDS tribunals (Investor-State Dispute Settlement) as ICS (Investment Court System). However, the changes are minor and only procedural while the main points …
Belgium asks European Court on legality of investment protection in CETA
Friends of the Earth Europe welcomes the decision of the Belgian government to file a request for an opinion to the European Court of Justice on the Investment Court System (ICS) included in the EU-Canada trade deal CETA [1]. The ECJ will now examine if the ICS is compatible with the European Treaties. An opinion …
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Bulgaria refers CETA to constitutional court
Today, Bulgaria’s President Rumen Radev has referred to the Constitutional Court a request for a mandatory interpretation of the provisions of the Constitution concerning the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement between Canada and the European Union and its Member States (CETA). As an international treaty, CETA is a mixed agreement and includes issues of exclusive …
CETA: backward step for the environment, global inequalities and workers’ rights
The EU-Canada trade deal ratified by the European Parliament today is a step backward for tackling some of the world’s biggest crises and will do nothing to improve the lives of the majority of citizens in either region, according to organisations representing civil society, workers and the environment. Organisations representing civil society, workers and the …
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Episode #4 of our podcast series: How to stop CETA
In this episode, we walk you through the different stages of the #StopCETA campaign over the Autumn of Action 2016. Friends of the Earth Europe · Episode #4 – how to stop CETA: instruction pack We start in Bratislava, where we went in September to make clear – once more – to the trade ministers …
European and Canadian civil society groups call for rejection of CETA
Joint Statement : 455 European and Canadian civil society groups call for rejection of CETA We, the undersigned civil society organisations from Canada and Europe, hereby express our deep concern about the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between the EU and Canada. During the long process of the deal’s negotiations and legal check, we …
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