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Kindly send the following query as an e-mail to all Members of European Parliament who are not German-speakers.

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Email for all MEPS
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SUBJECT LINE: Questions concerning CETA


Dear MEP,

You are soon going to vote on the so-called "free-trade agreement“ named CETA. I am writing you to find out, whose interests you are actually representing in the EU Parliament in this connection.

It was already in1999 that David Rockefeller envisaged the "New Leadership" of the USA: that the corporate world no longer need operate compliant to the laws of the State, but following only their own rules. The logical consequence: a takeover of the governments. (Newsweek International, Feb. 1, 1999) Henceforth, the only function of the State was to safeguard the interests of the multinational corporations and the intactness of their integrated market.

Enter, the so-called "free-trade agreements“ the EU is currently pushing. With the Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) mechanism, the establishment of international trade tribunals with more powers than governments, with giving corporations the right to review, interfere with, and challenge legislation, and with irreversible privatization, these "free-trade agreements“ are tantamount to the abolition of democracy; a corporate power grab. CETA is actually not only in violation of International Law, but also of numerous democratic constitutions. In light of this, CETA warrants the lodging of a Constitutional Complaint not only in Germany, but in other EU countries, in addition to justifying these countries bringing a Note of Protest before the International Court of Justice.

Below, you will find a small selection of destructive rulings made by the private trade tribunals pursuant to such "free trade agreements“:

— Rumania was ruled to have diminished the profits of a bottling plant owned by Joan and Viorel Micula. Rumania was then compelled to pay 250 million US Dollars in damages.

— Argentina was fined for refusing to raise water prices in accordance to the wishes of the SAUR private water company.

— Canada was ordered to repeal a law banning the carcinogenic MTT gasoline additive and pay a fine for this action to the US Ethyl Corp.

— The Swedish Vattenfall energy company is suing Germany on account of the nuclear-power phase-out, to the tune of 3.5 billion Euros. The German federal government has had to retain the services of the US law firm McDermott Will & Emery. Even before legal proceedings are initiated, costs of approx. 3.2 million Euros have already been incurred.

— In Colombia, a number of „free trade agreements“ have wrought serious legal havoc. Below, I am sending you a link to an article in "El Espectador", the second largest daily newspaper in Colombia. This article (especially in the final 6 paragraphs) reports on impending lawsuits filed by US and Canadian corporations, lodged in private tribunals against the Colombian government, pursuant to "free-trade agreements“ already in force.

http://www.elespectador.com/noticias/economia/le-fue-colombia-cuatro-anos-despues-de-tlc-estados-unid-articulo-632394


All the above are examples of what is in store for us all, in the EU, should CETA and TTIP be concluded. These instruments were designed with the express purpose to enable the multinationals to impose their exploitation with the aid of all means conceivable, with absolute disregard of human lives and nature; again, a corporate power grab.

I am also sending you an expert legal opinion of Prof. Alfred de Zayas on TPP (the Trans-Pacific Partnership). He is the United Nations Independent Expert on the Promotion of a Democratic and Equitable International Order (also known as Special Rapporteur), appointed by the United Nations Human Rights Council.

Prof de Zayas has called upon the  UN General Assembly to refer  the TPP to the International Court of Justice in The Hague for an advisory opinion.

In an article which was published on the India-based madhyam.org website, de Zayas, a Professor of Law and graduate of Harvard, stated that even if TPP is ratified by all 12 signatory states that have joined the agreement, “its incompatibility with the rule of law would remain”. This would also be the case, even when the agreement comes into force in two years after having been signed on February 4 of this year.

Furthermore, Prof. de Zayas pointed out that the citizens of the TPP signatory countries should demand a revision of the TPP’s investment chapter, as well as the abolition of the Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) mechanism, as both constitute an affront to democracy, justice, national sovereignty and "the ontology of the State as the protector of the public interest".
De Zayas added that all the afore-mentioned also applied to CETA, the Comprehensive Economic und Trade Agreement, between the EU and Canada.

“It is now the duty of parliaments to conscientiously review every TPP chapter, ensure the regulatory space of States, and make concrete proposals how to deal with conflict of interests. Necessary revisions must be a condition to ratification.“ This statement can also be considered to apply to CETA.

“Moreover,“ the legal expert declared, “in all twelve States, referendums should be held in order to hear the will of the population that will be bearing the social consequences of TPP. “
This article was first published online on May 2, 2016 in the Third World Network:
http://www.flushthetpp.org/refer-tpp-to-international-court-of-justice-urges-un-expert-on-democratic-and-equitable-international-order-de-zayas/


I will follow your voting behavior with great interest.

I urge you to cast your vote for the good of the citizens of the EU and not place the interests of the multinationals above the interests of the state.


With kind regards,
— your name and address —