Social
Europe – Front Against TTIP (Malta) condemn the Government for taking a
position in favour of TTIP, when discussions are still ongoing between the
European Union and the United States.
The
Front said that “Ironically, the Government took a position blindly. The
Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership is a series of trade
negotiations that are being carried out mostly in secret.”
Social
Europe – Front Against TTIP (Malta) also condemns the position taken by the
Maltese Government to support other EU Member States in calling upon the
European Commissioner not to remove the investor-to-state dispute settlement
mechanism (ISDS) from the TTIP.
The
Front reiterates that “the ISDS mechanism will give multinationals too much
power. ISDS will allow foreign corporations to bypass national courts and
settle disputes with governments through international arbitration. ISDS will
transfer regulatory competence from democratic institutions to unelected
technocratic institutions”.
"The
TTIP should not result in lower standards to the detriment of public health,
public security, workers' and consumers' rights and environmental
protection".
"The
TTIP should not allow the liberalisation and privatisation of public services
such as health, culture, water, social services and education, and it should
not reduce political autonomy on cultural productions, educational activities
and local policies", concluded the Maltese Front Against TTIP.
Social Europe - Front Against TTIP
(Malta) comprises: Żminijietna - Voice of the Left; Anti-Poverty Alliance;
Moviment Graffitti; Association of Federative Socialists; GWU Youth, ADZ –
Green Youths; Friends of the Earth Malta; Partit Komunista Malti; Garden of
Knowledge (Malta)
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