BERLIN (AFX) – During the negotiations on the transatlantic FTA TTIP run behind closed doors, Greenpeace has created an unusual action transparency: the environmental organization made a bundle of secret papers on Monday in a glass case at the Brandenburg gate in Berlin to the public. In the “TTIP reading room” can be read, photographed and downloaded the documents. Previously Greenpeace had the lyrics along with the slogan “Democracy requires transparency” at night beamed to the Reichstag building.
“We do this to fuel a debate,” said Stefan Krug, head of the political representation of the environmental organization , So far, had MPs only under the supervision of the TTIP documents may view, but with the least make neither notes nor copy or allowed to talk to someone about parts. Here are the agreements hundreds of millions of people affected, until nothing knew little about the content of the talks and their consequences. “We need a stop these negotiations and a start of the debate,” demanded pitcher.
Greenpeace accuses the US of wanting to undermine the planned trade agreements European environmental and consumer protection standards. The TTIP documents that showed the negotiating positions of the US and the EU Commission before the just-concluded 13th round of talks were leaked to environmentalists by its own account. However, not the originals but copies were published. would have been the originals are specially marked, so not guaranteed when a publication of source protection, Krug said. After joint examination with the research network of “Süddeutsche Zeitung”, NDR and WDR one is sure that the papers were genuine, explained Greenpeace./tb/DP/stb
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