Commission opposes European Citizens’ Initiative against TTIP

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The Stop-TTIP Alliance, initiator of a European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) against the TTIP and CETA international trade & investment agreements, announced in September 2014 its opposition to the European Commission’s decision to block the ECI.

In its rejection of the ECI, the European Commission claimed that the negotiating mandates on TTIP and CETA were not legal acts but internal preparatory acts between EU institutions and therefore not contestable via an ECI.

On the 10 November 2014 the Stop TTIP coalition, consisting of over 300 civil society groups from across Europe, filed a lawsuit against the European Commission at the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg. The lawsuit related to the decision that was made by the Commission to block a ‘European Citizen’s Initiative’ (ECI) on the controversial EU-USA trade deal known as TTIP and a similar deal with Canada (CETA).

• Primary Source

ESO: Key Source: Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) http://www.europeansources.info/record/transatlantic-trade-and-investment-partnership-ttip/

ESO: Key Source: The European Citizens' Initiative http://www.europeansources.info/record/the-european-citizens-initiative/

Website: STOP TTIP https://stop-ttip.org/

STOP TTIP: Media reports on the rejection of the ECI against TTIP and CETA, September 2014 http://stop-ttip.org/?p=385

openDemocracy, Can Europe Make It?, 29.09.14: How the European Commission is trying to smother debate on TTIP https://www.opendemocracy.net/can-europe-make-it/michael-efler/how-european-commission-is-trying-to-smother-debate-on-ttip

Blog: STOP TTIP, 29.10.14: 750 000 supporters have signed the Stop – TTIP European Citizen’s Initiative https://stop-ttip.org/blog/today-750-000-supporters-have-signed-the-stop-ttip-european-citizens-initiative/

STOP TTIP: Press Release, 10.11.14: European Commission taken to court for ‘stifling dissent’ over EU-US trade deal https://stop-ttip.org/european-commission-taken-court-stifling-dissent-eu-us-trade-deal/

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