Jean-Claude Juncker President of the European Commission 200, Rue de la Loi 1049 Brussels Brussels, 5 April, 2016 Commission proposal on disclosure of income tax information by certain multinational corporations Dear President Juncker, We, … [Read more...]
Financial Transaction Taxes, Capital Markets Union and Brexit
Following the financial crisis of 2008, the European Commission introduced in 2011 a proposal for a tax to be levied on financial transactions. This did not meet with agreement from all member states, but eleven EU countries (Austria, Belgium, … [Read more...]
TTIP: Civil Society statement on the new EU proposal on Regulatory Cooperation
March 17th 2016 Dear Commissioner Malmström, The undersigned organisations are writing to express our deep concern with the new EU proposal on horizontal regulatory cooperation (dated 19 February 2016) in the EU-US TTIP negotiations . We … [Read more...]
TTIP: A debate between the European Commission and Global Justice Now
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLclod-49TQ A debate from September last year between our sister organisation in the UK, Global Justice Now, and the representative of the European Commission. Debate on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment … [Read more...]
Polly Jones, Global Justice Now at the International CETA Speaking Tour, Dublin 2015
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gc5G9DukVC4 Polly Jones is the Head of Policy and Campaigns at Global Justice Now gives a background to 'free trade' treaties and the motivations for TTIP. Includes explanations of ISDS and the consequences that … [Read more...]
