With Fast-Track and an EU Parliament resolution in their pockets, now is time for trade negotiators in Washington and Brussels to move quickly on TTIP and for the EU to defuse more potential sources of domestic divison, by tackling issues such as whether EU member state parliaments will have to ratify …
Tag: European Parliament
MEP’s Twitter reactions to the EU Commission’s ISDS consultation report
[sh_light_text ]Will the European Parliament reject TTIP on the grounds that it could include controversial investor-to-state dispute settlement (ISDS) clauses? Iana Dreyer spent a few hours browsing member of the European Parliament’s (MEP) Twitter accounts to gauge the EU citizen’s representatives’ immediate reactions to the publication of the largely negative results of a …
Viviane Reding sets out European Parliament “red lines” for TiSA
[sh_light_text ]Transparency, public services, liberalisation of the cross-border movement of construction and road transport workers, and data protection, are among the key items flagged by the European Parliament’s rapporteur on the Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA), a deal currently under negotiation in Geneva among more than twenty World Trade Organization …
Blog: EP trade committee member votes on EU Ukraine Association Agreement
This week, the European parliament’s new team voted on the first free trade agreement submitted to it in the 2014-2019 legislature: the DCFTA that is part and parcel of the EU’s Association Agreement with Ukraine. The treaty with Kyiv was ratified solemnly at the same time as Ukraine’s own parliament on 16 September. The new European …
Blog: INTA’s Top 5 – Who are they?
[sh_light_text ]The international trade committee (INTA) in the European parliament was fully set up yesterday. The chairman and four vice-chair persons were approved. Who are these MEPs and how do they stand on current trade dossiers, such as TTIP, trade preferences and relations with developing countries, investment protection issues, EU-China relations, …
Marine Le Pen joins the international trade committee of the European parliament
[sh_light_text ]The list of members of the international trade committee – INTA – of the European parliament is now practically decided. Iana Dreyer takes a quick look at the political balance between free traders and anti-traders in the 41 member body that will shape European trade policy in the coming …
Analysis: The European Parliament in EU trade policy – its real powers and possible role after the May 25 elections
[sh_light_text ]The European Parliament (EP) has gained much more power in decision-making on trade policy in the European Union (EU) since the Lisbon Treaty came into force in late 2009. Ghent University’s Lore Van den Putte, Ferdi De Ville and Jan Orbie have analysed its behaviour and decision-making patterns over …
