Solidarity with Mercosur Allies as President Milei Inaugurated in Argentina
As the self-proclaimed anarcho-capitalist, Javier Milei is sworn in as President of Argentina, who wants to cut social spending and labour rights and sign the EU-Mercosur trade agreement as soon as possible, movements and organizations from Europe express their solidarity…
Civil society actions around the EU-CELAC summit, 17th and 18th of July – Conference, Protest, Strategy Meeting
During the EU-CELAC summit in Brussels in the 17th and 18th of July, the trade justice movement from Europe and Latin America came together. In parallel to the official summit between heads of the state from Latin America, the Caribbean…
Civil Society Statement – Stop unjust trade – Stop EU-Mercosur, EU-Chile and EU-Mexico
+++Español abajo/Português abaixo/Deutsch weiter unten/Francais ci-dessous+++ Stop unjust trade – Stop EU-Mercosur, EU-Chile and EU-Mexico Ahead of the EU-CELAC summit between the EU member States and Latin American & Caribbean States we, the coalition “Stop EU-Mercosur” as well as the…
Conference – A new EU-Latin America trade relationship for the 21st Century
+++Español abajo/Português abaixo+++ A new EU-Latin America trade relationship for the 21st Century Conference in the European Parliament parallel to the EU-CELAC summit Date: 17 July 2023 Where: in the European Parliament with hybrid participation - SPAAK 1A2, Rue Wiertz…
An Attack on Democracy: New Legal Analysis on Splitting of EU-Mercosur Deal
A new legal analysis lifts the lid on an attempt by the European Commission to “split” the EU-Mercosur trade deal, in order to approve the ‘trade’ part of the deal without the unanimous support of EU member states and without…
180 organisations call for an Alternative to the EU Mercosur Trade Agreement
Find the Spanish version here, the Portuguese here and German here We firmly believe that the countries of the MERCOSUR and the EU need to improve and transform their relationship. In the last three years social movements, civil society organisations,…
Solidarität, Gleichheit, Kooperation und nachhaltiger Handel: eine Alternative zum EU-Mercosur Abkommen
+++ UNTERSCHREIBEN SIE ALS ORGANISATION DIESE ERKLÄRUNG +++ Die spanische Version finden Sie hier und die portugiesische Version hier Wir sind der festen Überzeugung, dass die MERCOSUR- und EU-Länder ihre Beziehung verbessern und umgestalten müssen. In den letzten drei Jahren…
209 Organizaciones de la Sociedad Civil dicen: los acuerdos comerciales de la UE no pueden socavar los derechos democráticos
In English | En français | Auf Deutsch Para eludir las críticas de algunos gobiernos y parlamentos de la UE, la Comisión Europea quiere cambiar el proceso de votación de los próximos acuerdos comerciales con México, Chile y los países…
209 Civil Society Organisations Say: EU trade deals must not undermine democratic rights
En français | En español | Auf Deutsch In order to bypass criticism by some EU governments and parliaments, the European Commission wants to change the voting process for upcoming trade agreements with Mexico, Chile and the Mercosur countries (Brazil,…
How the EU pesticide lobby is harming people and planet in the Global South
DOWNLOAD the full report here in ENGLISH and PORTUGUESE Corporations like Bayer and BASF, who are the leading European pesticide producers, have been heavily promoting the EU-Mercosur trade deal through lobby groups. Their joint lobby efforts have borne fruit: pesticide use…
Ethanol expansion under the EU-Mercosur trade deal
“Sugarcane”: License: CC BY Download the report in English | Portuguese | Spanish An EU-turn on the green transition European chemical companies are set to benefit from an increased trade in ethanol, thanks to the EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement. Portrayed as a…