Articles

Barroso challenged on Telecom Italia

08.01.2009

Dear President Barroso,

The undersigned, six civil society groups from Europe, call on you to act immediately to stop Commission officials from continuing to intervene on behalf of Telecom Italia in its efforts, via the International Center for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) and the New York State Court, to extract excessive and unwarranted compensation for the renationalisation of the Bolivian telecommunications company ENTEL, much to the detriment of the Bolivian people.

Trade

Wedding Ceremony for Commission

08.01.2009

BRUSSELS - Seattle to Brussels network campaigners today (Tuesday 28th October) called on Trade Commissioner Baroness Ashton to end the unholy alliance between DG Trade and business lobby group BusinessEurope with a mock wedding celebration outside BusinessEurope's Going Global conference event (check the blog for pictures of the action).

Trade

Wedded to Big Business

08.01.2009

On 28th October 2008, campaigners of the Seattle to Brussels network called on Trade Commissioner Baroness Ashton to end the unholy alliance between DG Trade and business lobby group BusinessEurope with a mock wedding celebration outside BusinessEurope's Going Global conference event.

Corporates hijack biodiversity talks

08.01.2009

The UN Convention on Biodiversity COP9/MOP4 conference takes place in Bonn from 12th – 30th May, where talks will focus on how to deal with the damage caused by genetically modified crops (MOP4) and on biodiversity, agrofuels, access to genetic resources and other crucial topics (COP9).

Food

Cornering the market in agrofuels: Brazil’s bid to dominate the EU

08.01.2009

Veolia - Turning on the taps in Brussels

07.01.2009

Big Business Moves in with Commission

07.01.2009

Challenging the intimate relationship between BusinessEurope and DG Trade

Barroso challenged on privileged access

07.01.2009

CEO has written an open letter to Commission President Barroso to urge him to end the privileged access and big business capture of EU trade policy. The letter follows a new report from CEO ("Global Europe: An open door policy for big business"), which reveals the close involvement of the European employers' federation, BusinessEurope, in drawing up the Global Europe trade strategy.

Trade

An Open Door Policy For Big Business

07.01.2009

New research from CEO reveals the close involvement of the European employers' federation, BusinessEurope, in drawing up the Global Europe trade strategy. CEO's new report highlights how representatives from BusinessEurope were given privileged access in the preparations of the new strategy, with exclusive meetings with the former Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson and top officials from DG Trade.