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General Category => Politics => Topic started by: Pete on March 13, 2014, 06:03:40 PM

Title: Are European leaders about to give corporations the power to overrule our laws?
Post by: Pete on March 13, 2014, 06:03:40 PM

Does anyone know anything about this? It sounds like someone's over-reacting a bit.

Right now, Europe and the USA are negotiating a huge corporate power grab affecting literally millions of European and American citizens.

The Transatlantic Trade & Investment Partnership (or TTIP) is called a "trade treaty". But if agreed, the TTIP would actually hand corporations the power to overturn democratically decided laws, on everything from environmental protections to food safety, through a system of secret courts that only corporations would have access to.

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Title: Re: Are European leaders about to give corporations the power to overrule our laws?
Post by: Fly on March 14, 2014, 06:17:12 PM

This sounds like a very serious matter. There must be something in the story to get SomeOfUs involved.

Title: Re: Are European leaders about to give corporations the power to overrule our laws?
Post by: therealjr on March 14, 2014, 06:21:13 PM

The EU are very fond of their rules and regulations.
I can't see them giving them away.

Title: Re: Are European leaders about to give corporations the power to overrule our laws?
Post by: Pete on March 14, 2014, 06:57:06 PM

I f*cking hope not - there are too many folks restricting and/or eroding our freedoms as it is now without letting the greedy 1% decide.