(D'aquesta notícia, important, poc o res n'em sabut a Catalunya, una mani de 250.000 persones en contra del TTIP va ser a Berlin a l'octobre 2015. Cuca de Llum)
Consumer rights activists take part in a march to protest against the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), mass husbandry and genetic engineering, in Berlin, Germany, October 10, 2015. The European Union is pursuing a trade accord with the United States, called the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), that would encompass a third of world trade and nearly half of global GDP. In background is the Brandenburg Gate.
Consumer rights activists take part in a march to protest against the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), mass husbandry and genetic engineering, in Berlin, Germany, October 10, 2015. The European Union is pursuing a trade accord with the United States, called the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), that would encompass a third of world trade and nearly half of global GDP. In background is the Brandenburg Gate.
Oct. 11, 2015 - REUTERS
BERLIN (Reuters) - Hundreds of thousands of people marched in Berlin
on Saturday in protest against a planned free trade deal between Europe
and the United States that they say is anti-democratic and will lower
food safety, labor and environmental standards.
Organizers — an alliance of environmental groups, charities and
opposition parties — said 250,000 people were taking part in the rally
against free trade deals with both the United States and Canada, far
more than they had anticipated.
"This is the biggest protest that this country has seen for many,
many years," Christoph Bautz, director of citizens' movement Campact
told protesters in a speech.
A police spokesman estimated 100,000 people were taking part in the
demonstration which has been trouble free so far. There were 1,000
police officers on duty at the march.
Opposition to the so-called Transatlantic Trade and Investment
Partnership (TTIP) has risen over the past year in Germany, with critics
fearing the pact will hand too much power to big multinationals at the
expense of consumers and workers.
"What bothers me the most is that I don't want all our consumer laws
to be softened," Oliver Zloty told Reuters TV. "And I don't want to have
a dictatorship by any companies."
Dieter Bartsch, deputy leader of the parliamentary group for the Left
party, who was taking part in the rally said he was concerned about the
lack of transparency surrounding the talks.
"We definitely need to know what is supposed to be being decided," he said.
Marchers banged drums, blew whistles and held up posters reading "Yes we can - Stop TTIP."
The level of resistance has taken Chancellor Angela Merkel's
government by surprise and underscores the challenge it faces to turn
the tide in favor of the deal which proponents say will create a market
of 800 million and serve as a counterweight to China's economic clout. (Això només és part de la veritat, Cuca de Llum)
In a full-page letter published in several German newspapers on
Saturday, Economy Minister Sigmar Gabriel warned against
"scaremongering".
"We have the chance to set new and goods standards for growing global
trade. With ambitious, standards for the environment and consumers and
with fair conditions for investment and workers. This must be our aim,"
Gabriel wrote.
Businesses hope the trade deal will deliver over $100 billion of economic gains on both sides of the Atlantic.
"A fair and comprehensive free trade deal promotes growth and
prosperity in Europe. We should actively participate in the rules for
world trade of tomorrow," Ulrich Grillo, head of the BDI Federation of
German industries, said in a statement.
(Reporting by Caroline Copley and Reuters TV, editing by David Evans)
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