With the fifth round of negotiations under way between 19th-23rd May in Arlington/USA, a fundamental change in the negotiating on the EU-US free trade agreement is being demanded by an EU-wide coalition of 120 groups in a joint statement released today. The environmental groups, social movements, consumer rights groups, democracy advocate organisations and unions are opposing the corporate... Read more
EU Economic Governance
People's Tribunal indicts Troika for destruction of European livelihoods
Brussels (16 May 2014) – A Tribunal on EU economic governance and the Troika took place in Brussels on 15-16 May. Eleven witnesses from ten countries in Southern, Eastern and Western Europe gave testimony to the failure of the EU and Troika policies to address the crisis. In fact many testified that the strategy of the austerity policy measures is a deliberate attack on working people’s... Read more
MEPs called on to support trade and investment rules that work for people and the planet
Today, a European alliance of over 50 civil society organisations1 will launch the Alternative Trade Mandate pledge campaign2, calling on European Parliament election candidates to make EU trade and investment policy serve people and the planet, not just the profit of a few large corporations.... Read more
Civil society call for full transparency about the EU-US trade negotiations
Dear Commissioner De Gucht,... Read more
European week of action call May 15-25, 2014
The programs of austerity and privatizations imposed by the Troika decide on the lives of millions of people in Europe. Together with people in Europe and the whole world we resist the rehabilitation of capitalism on the backs of employees as well as unemployed, retirees, migrants and the youth. Together with them we say: "We don't owe, we won't pay!"... Read more
¿Ha fracasado el Pacto de Competitividad de la UE?
Configurando el proyecto... Read more
Is EU's Competitiveness Pact Doomed?
Shaping the project... Read more
Video: Uniendo las luchas contra el neoliberalismo europeo
El Transnational Institute (TNI) organizó en Ámsterdam los días 4 a 6 de octubre de 2013 una reunión estratégica que se convirtió en un hito fundamental de la convergencia de los distintos movimientos sociales europeos que están en primera línea de la resistencia al régimen neoliberal de austeridad en la Unión Europea.... Read more
Unions & NGOs urge Parliament to scrutinise Greece’s Human Rights record
The letter documents the wide range of serious violations of the European Charter of Fundamental Rights, which are systematically perpetrated in the country especially since it was subjected to the harsh Troika-led economic programs in 2010. You can read the letter here.... Read more
Video: Uniting struggles against European neoliberalism
TNI hosted in Amsterdam (4-6 October 2013) a European strategy meeting which brought together different European social movements on the frontlines of resistance against the neoliberal EU austerity regime.... Read more