No to #TTIP Yes to Take Back the Power!

I have replied to several hundred requests for the 

Take Back the Power Pledge

as a Euro election candidate! 

Yep I have signed. No to TTIP! 

Dear Roger,


I have signed the Take Back the Power pledge (and had over four hundred emails 

asking me to!).

You can see that it is mainly Greens who have signed if you look here

 http://www.tjm.org.uk/take-action/candidates-who-have-signed-the-pledge.html

The Green Party opposes TTIP

And as Green Party International Coordinator I served on the European Green
Party TTIP working group and spoke up for rejection of this dangerous  
treaty that will destroy the NHS and smash environmental/labour  
protection.


Trade must be about economic benefits not corporate control.

thanks for getting in touch,

Derek Wall

South East Green Party European Candidate http://www.segreens.com/

Follow me on twitter @Anothergreen

Dr Derek Wall 
South East - Green 
 
 
Dear Dr Wall,
 
RE: Make trade work for people and planet. Request to sign Take Back the Power 

pledge
 
As a constituent of yours, I am writing to raise my concerns about the EU’s unfair 

trade and investment policy.  According to the Trade Justice Movement, EU trade 

and investment deals risk destroying jobs, small-scale industries and the livelihoods

of small farmers and businesses, as well as increasing environmental 

exploitation and the abuse of human rights. The deals will undermine developing 

countries’ efforts to provide for basic needs, reduce poverty, and develop in a way 

that is sustainable and protects the environment. Moreover, rules allow companies 

to avoid national courts and sue governments in unaccountable tribunals whenever 

they feel public policy will interfere with their current or anticipated profits. 

Not only does this deplete vital public funds but the threat of a costly legal 

dispute is sufficient to stop governments from introducing legislation in the 

public good.
 
MEPs must act now to ensure that trade and investment policy benefits people, 

the environment and development objectives. 

For more information about the EU’s trade and investment deals and the movement 

to promote an alternative trade and investment model visit: http://www.tjm.org.uk/
 
I am joining with others in the UK and across Europe in advance of the May 2014 

European Union elections to call MEP candidates to commit to take back the power. 

I urge you to sign the attached pledge - 

or you can sign online here: http://www.waronwant.org/power - 

to take action to bring about a full-scale re-think of the EU’s trade and investment policy. 
 
Yours sincerely,