Statement by ATTAC (Ireland) supporting European Parliament vote scheduled for Nov. 23rd to request legal clarity from European Court of Justice on controversial investor protection mechanism in the CETA Law professors, legal experts and … [Read more...]
Letter to Chancellor Kern from European Civil Society Organisations
H.E. Christian Kern Federal Chancellor of the Republic of Austria October 6, 2016 Federal Chancellery Ballhausplatz 2 1010 Vienna Austria Your Excellency, Chancellor Kern We, the undersigned, wish to commend you on the concern you have … [Read more...]
Ministerial non-answer on the provisional application of CETA.
Here is the Minister's "answer" to our latest letter. In fact, she does not answer it at all. She writes: It will be a matter for the Council to decide on the signature and provisional application of CETA. We knew that. What we asked her to tell us, … [Read more...]
Attac letter to Minister Mitchell O’Connor on CETA
Dear Mrs. Mitchell O’Connor, We thank you for the answer to our letter of 9 May 2016, which we received from your secretary Mrs. Thérèse Walsh. Our letter explained some of our reservations about CETA and, as a result, asked you to please ask for … [Read more...]
ECJ must rule on the compatibility of ISDS with EU law.
Working Paper Delivered At Conference: ‘International and Comparative Law in the 21st Century: Lessons learned?’ 10th June 2016, Griffith College, South Circular Rd., Dublin 8, Ireland. “European Court of Justice Must Rule on Coherence of ISDS … [Read more...]