Alternative Regionalisms

Recent content by Alternative Regionalisms

EU in crisis - another Europe is possible (9 May 2012)

A new Pan-European network to fight against the EU's austerity policies and support a fairer, greener, more democratic Europe has been launched in Brussels, following two days of discussion and debate at CEO's conference on the EU in Crisis.

NO to the EU - Colombia/Peru Free Trade Agreement (27 Apr 2012)

Call on your MEP to oppose EU's proposed Free Trade Agreements with Colombia, Peru and Central America because they will undermine human rights, increase unemployment and put corporate profits above human needs.

EU Economic Governance – For People or for the Banks? (15 Nov 2011)

Did fiscal irresponsibility cause the EU crisis? Are European institutions democratically accountable? Is the European Commission politically neutral? Check out TNI's debates with a representative of the European Commission.

EU Economic Governance: Which Ways Forward? (20 Sep 2011)

Transnational Institute, Corporate Europe Observatory and European Attac Network invite you to a public debate with a representative of the ECFIN: Economic Governance for People or for the Banks?

European Member States refuse necessary reform of investment agreements (16 Sep 2011)

The Seattle to Brussels Network beliefs that BITs are posing a threat to public policy, democratic governance and the public interest; and that they need to be radically overhauled.

The case against the Economic Partnership Agreement (30 Aug 2011)

One of the main lessons of the global economic crisis that has cast its shadow since 2008 is that this is the time to be diversifying trade away from over-reliance on EU markets. It is clear to all observers that the economic chaos engulfing the EU in its euro-zone heartlands shows no end in sight and the prospect of long- term stagnation is becoming ever more real.

Change EU investment policy - now is the time! (31 Jan 2011)

Bilateral investment treaties (BITs) allow transnational corporations to by-pass domestic courts and sue sovereign states - costing tax payers millions in legal expenses and preventing governments from acting in the best interests of their citizens.

Madrid 2010: The Peoples' Alternative Summit - Enlazando Alternativas 4 (13 May 2010)

This year's Madrid summit marks a key milestone in the ongoing development of the Enlazando Alternativas network for both highlighting EU complicity with human rights and environmental abuses and highlighting the real alternatives offered by social movements of integration and development that respect the rights of people, communities, and protect the environment.

Conceptual Framework: Madrid Session of the Permanent Peoples Tribunal, May 2010 (5 May 2010)

This framework document aims to outline the principal ideas, arguments and core concepts that have developed over the long and rich process of the work driven by the Europe Latin America & Caribbean bi-regional Network Enlazando Alternativas and by the Permanent Peoples' Tribunal over the past five years.

Call for Submission of Cases to the Permanent Peoples' Tribunal (PPT): Madrid, May 2010 (5 May 2010)

This new session of the Tribunal –the third one to be held at the bi-regional level– will take place in Madrid, Spain, on May 14th and 15th, in the framwork of the Fourth Enlazando Alternatives Summit (EA4).