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The day before the visit of US President Barack Obama have demonstrated against the controversial transatlantic FTA TTIP more than 25,000 people in Hannover.

after a kick-off rally the protest moved to police said on Saturday peacefully through the city. Environmental protection, consumer protection and Third World organizations see by the Agreement ecological and social standards at risk.

The Green Party politician Jürgen Trittin expects that Merkel and Obama lash essential aspects of the FTA in Hannover , “Here demonstrate good transatlanticist – we are not against a fair agreement between Europe and the US,” he said the mood among the demonstrators. But it is against agreements that grant corporations special rights.

The Green Party leader Anton Hofreiter expressed cautious. “I expect that at the meeting between Merkel and Obama is not much come around. We are confident that TTIP will not come about in its present form.” The Left parliamentarian Diether Dehm showed equally skeptical: “This is the great festival of balloons-skilled workers Chances for TTIP today 50:50 – a year ago they were still 60:40..”

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