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EU military spending is 'elephant in the room' and key factor in European debt crisis, argues new report

April 2013

At a time of harsh cuts in social services, it is morally unjustifiable to spend money on weapons that should be invested in creating jobs and tackling poverty.
NGO report busts the myths of the Emissions Trading Scheme

April 2013

The European Parliament votes tomorrow (April 16) on the European Commission's proposal to backload 900 million emissions permits within the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS).
Reactie op de nota "Wat de Wereld Verdient" van minister Ploumen

April 2013

De FGG ziet ernstige tekortkomingen in de visie van minister Ploumen. Het rotsvaste geloof in de vrije markt, de nadrukkelijke financiële steun voor het bedrijfsleven zonder voldoende garanties voor duurzaamheid, het wegnemen van regels voor internationale investeringen en handel, het zijn allemaal tekenen dat de nota van minister Ploumen tekort schiet als het gaat om bestrijden van armoede en oplossen van ernstige milieuproblemen.
Time the EU scraps its failed carbon Emissions Trading System

February 2013

TNI has joined over 90 organisations and movements in calling on the EU to scrap its failed Emissions Trading System (ETS) and implement urgent effective measures to reduce greenhouse gas emisions.
Infographics expose the Davos class: their wealth, their connections and their interests

January 2013

TNI launches insightful infographics at start of World Economic Forum that unveil shocking reality and dangers of concentrated corporate power.
Bolivia wins a rightful victory on the coca leaf

January 2013

Today the Plurinational State of Bolivia can celebrate a rightful victory, as the country can become formally a party again to the 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, without being bound by its unjust and unrealistic requirement that “coca leaf chewing must be abolished.”
Exposed: elite club of lawyers who make millions from suing states

November 2012

A small club of international law firms, arbitrators and financial speculators are fuelling an investment arbitration boom that is costing taxpayers billions of dollars and preventing legislation in the public interest, according to a new report from the Transnational Institute and Corporate Europe Observatory.
EU Commission Forces Crisis-hit Countries to Privatise Water

October 2012

The European Commission is deliberately promoting privatisation of water services as one of the conditions of bailouts, it acknowledged in a letter to civil society groups.
Land, Seas and Territories to feed our Dignity and the Peoples of the World

March 2012

On 5 and 9 March press conferences will be held during the last round of the international negotiations on land at FAO: The mobilization of social organizations and Italian NGOs.
Press Release: Irish referendum crucial to challenge EU austerity treaty

March 2012

European researchers and activists in Brussels announce support for "No" vote in Irish referendum as critical to challenging EU programme of permanent austerity.

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