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[Fsuk-manchester] Fwd: 3 days left to stop CETA's corporate courts


From: John Rooke
Subject: [Fsuk-manchester] Fwd: 3 days left to stop CETA's corporate courts
Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2016 09:47:41 +0000
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Subject: 5 days left to stop CETA's corporate courts
Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2016 09:59:33 -0500 (EST)
From: Guy Taylor, Global Justice Now <address@hidden>
Reply-To: Guy Taylor, Global Justice Now <address@hidden>
To: address@hidden


Dear John,

We urgently need your help.

One of the big problems with the toxic trade deal between Canada and the EU (CETA*) is the system of corporate courts that allow corporations to sue governments for passing laws that might harm their profits. This assault on democracy is called the Investor Court System (ICS).

A group of 89 members of the European parliament (MEPs) quite rightly think that this controversial new court system needs much more scrutiny before it is unleashed across Europe, and they’ve made a proposal that ICS should be referred to the legal experts at the European Court of Justice.

Email your MEPs to demand proper scrutiny of CETA

But some EU leaders are determined to force this toxic trade deal through at top speed at any cost. They are insisting that this vote should be pushed forward to Wednesday, 23 November, at very short notice and they are refusing for ANY debate to take place about the referral. Party leaders are even insisting MEPs withdraw their support for the motion tabled for Wednesday. These politicians know that if there is proper legal scrutiny from the European Court of Justice, then it could jeopardise the whole deal.

This is not democracy, this is politicians pushing toxic trade deals through at breakneck speed with no debate and at great risk to our legal systems. If CETA is pushed through like this it will still impact the UK regardless of when Brexit happens.

We need all our MEPs to support the very sensible demand that the corporate court system should be scrutinized by legal experts.

Please email your MEPs now

Thank you for your support,

Guy Taylor
Campaigner at Global Justice Now

*Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement

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