Coverage of CEO's article in:
New Europe: EU economic governance
Irish Left Review: Inspired by big business: the EU Austerity Treaty
Klassekampen: EU godtar lobbykrav
Vermelho (Brazil): O tratado da austeridade da UE
Musée de l'Europe: Le traité d'austérité de l'UE : le rêve des lobbies du grand capital devient réalité
Brussels, Monday 7th May – A new pan-European network committed to opposing the European Union's Austerity Treaty was launched today at the end of a two-day conference on the EU crisis [1].
Some 300 people from across Europe joined the two day event in Brussels to discuss the EU in Crisis – analysis, resistance and alternatives.
Within days a new legal creature will most likely have taken its final shape: an EU treaty that is not really an EU treaty. European Union rules stipulate that new treaties have to be approved by all member states, so with the UK vetoing the proposals, member state governments chose to be creative.
On 13th March, the day before European heads of state gather in Brussels to decide the next wave of austerity policies, the city will host its first 'Austerity Tour'. It is organised by For a European Spring, a coalition of movements from 13 countries including Belgium, set up to denounce and push back the EU’s austerity drive.
Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) is a research and campaign group working to expose and challenge the privileged access and influence enjoyed by corporations and their lobby groups in EU policy making.
