EU no events match your query!
no events posted in last week
Russian Firms Rush to Buy Anti-Drone Def... Wed Apr 17, 2024 08:58 | Bloomberg
Ukraine Buys Huge Amounts of Russian Fue... Fri Jan 20, 2023 08:34 | Antonia Kotseva
Turkey Has Sent Ukraine Cluster Munition... Thu Jan 12, 2023 00:26 | Jack Detsch
New Israeli Government Promises to Talk ... Tue Jan 10, 2023 21:13 | Al Majadeen
Russia Training Iranian Pilots Ahead of ... Tue Jan 10, 2023 15:19 | The Times of Israel Anti-Empire >>
A Blog About Human Rights
UN human rights chief calls for priority action ahead of climate summit Sat Oct 30, 2021 17:18 | Human Rights
5 Year Anniversary Of Kem Ley?s Death Sun Jul 11, 2021 12:34 | Human Rights
Poor Living Conditions for Migrants in Southern Italy Mon Jan 18, 2021 10:14 | Human Rights
Right to Water Mon Aug 03, 2020 19:13 | Human Rights
Human Rights Fri Mar 20, 2020 16:33 | Human Rights Human Rights in Ireland >>
The Scandal of the Thousands Sacked for Wrongthink Thu Apr 18, 2024 19:00 | C.J. Strachan In the wake of the Cass Report vindicating critics of child gender transition, a workplace survey reveals that millions of British workers may have been sacked for falling foul of woke ideology.
The post The Scandal of the Thousands Sacked for Wrongthink appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
Let?s Spare the Environment From the Greens Thu Apr 18, 2024 17:00 | Alan Bunce From the 3,200 acre solar farm built on prime green belt farmland in Oxford to the 16 million Scottish trees felled to make way for wind farms, somehow we have to save the environment from the greens, says Alan Bunce.
The post Let’s Spare the Environment From the Greens appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
The Insane World of Intersectional Climate Change Thu Apr 18, 2024 15:00 | Steven Tucker Why are the mainstream media suddenly desperate to spuriously link climate change to unrelated woke issues like transgenderism? 'Intersectionality' is to blame for the insanity, says Steven Tucker.
The post The Insane World of Intersectional Climate Change appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
Electric Car Demand Plunges Across Europe Thu Apr 18, 2024 13:00 | Will Jones Electric car sales plummeted by 11.3% across Europe last month, rising to 29% in Germany, as demand dried up despite the EU's push to ban petrol and diesel vehicles by the middle of the next decade.
The post Electric Car Demand Plunges Across Europe appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
Deadly African Heatwave ?Impossible? Without Climate Change, Claims BBC Thu Apr 18, 2024 11:00 | Sallust A deadly heatwave in West Africa was "impossible" without climate change, claims the BBC. But read the fine print and you learn that El Niño was the more likely culprit.
The post Deadly African Heatwave “Impossible” Without Climate Change, Claims BBC appeared first on The Daily Sceptic. Lockdown Skeptics >>
Voltaire, international edition
The cost of war, by Manlio Dinucci Wed Apr 17, 2024 04:12 | en
Angela Merkel and François Hollande's crime against peace, by Thierry Meyssan Tue Apr 16, 2024 06:58 | en
Iranian response to attack on its consulate in Damascus could lead to wider warf... Fri Apr 12, 2024 13:36 | en
Is the possibility of a World War real?, by Serge Marchand , Thierry Meyssan Tue Apr 09, 2024 08:06 | en
Netanyahu's Masada syndrome and the UN report by Francesca Albanese, by Alfredo ... Sun Apr 07, 2024 07:53 | en Voltaire Network >>
|
|
The March 2024 Referendum explained in 10 minutes and why you should vote No No
The C19 Shot Is 'the Biggest Biological Pharmaceutical Safety Disaster in the History of Mankind'
"Many tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands, and potentially millions of people have lost their lives with the vaccine," grieved Dr. McCullough.
"This will go down as the biggest biological pharmaceutical safety disaster in the history of mankind — by a mile. This will go down worse than most wars in terms of mortality."
Dr. Peter McCullough is one of the most published cardiologists ever in America and is now serving as the Chief Scientific Officer for The Wellness Company.
Report by World Council for Health referred to in the video.
Download Report
A doctor discusses the widespread horrific and deadly effects of the Covid Vaccine on large numbers of people.
Click to play or right-click and save to
Download 10.7 Mb
Col. Douglas MacGregor debunks the Ukrainian narrative including Zelenskyy’s recent remarks on a “preemptive nuclear strike", on whether Russia is losing the NATO war in Ukraine and the fate of Germany and Europe with it.
Dr Paul Thomas on the deadly effects of Covid vaccines
TOP ARMY COLONEL: ‘PUPPET’ ZELENSKY PUTTING HIS PEOPLE AT ‘UNNECESSARY RISK’
Download 20 Mb
| |
national / eu Wednesday June 01, 2005 10:02 by Brendan Young
Campaign Against the EU Constitution Press Statement The decisive NON to the EU Constitution in the French referendum is the first step towards a new direction for Europe. The ordinary people of France have voted NON to the privatisation of public services, to the profit motive of the market dominating all aspects of life, and to further centralisation of decision-making in the hands of the EU elite. They have rejected a European Constitution that enshrines competition above solidarity - a Constitution that makes people in work compete for their jobs and wages against the unemployed and makes the poor compete against the very poor for scarce resources.
The French NON is a demand for a different Europe to the free-market politics of the EU Constitution - which would set in stone the same neo-liberal policies being imposed by the French government, and supported by many other European governments and the European Commission. This NON is a setback for neo-liberal politics throughout the EU. It is the first step towards an alternative direction for Europe, where the needs of ordinary people come first.
The leaders of other European countries and the European Commission must accept the French vote. There must be no campaign for a re-run of the French referendum and no anti-democratic back-room deals. The EU Constitution cannot now come into force and must be abandoned.
There should now begin a Europe-wide discussion on an alternative direction for Europe, with the NON campaign in France as its starting point. It should be public, open and inclusive - involving all parts of society and not based only upon the views of 'experts' or elected representatives.
The NON campaign in France has brought together a wide range of people - including public sector workers, the French radical Left, environmentalists, and those who seek an alternative to the global rule of the market - in a united movement against the politics of the EU Constitution. The movement in France is mirrored in other European countries, including Ireland. We look forward to the French movement continuing to campaign against neo-liberalism and militarism - and likewise the movement in other countries. For it is this movement that can begin to provide an alternative to the failed politics of the right and to the failed leaders of the traditional social-democratic parties.
Related Indymedia Ireland Stories
Non Merci, M. Chirac
Letter from Paris
Two False Statements on EU Constitution in Irish Times
Irish Times Letters Section Debate on Constitution
Those International trade deal-making privateers who orbit silently around the Article 133 Committee in Brussels have suffered a couple of serious setbacks in recent weeks. Firstly there was a conditional restoration of the Member States national veto on the privatisation / liberalisation of health and education in the final draft of the proposed EU constitution. Admittedly it is with the weasly insertion of a get out clause if a trade deal looks like it will cause a 'risk to the delivery of public services' in a member
state.
We in our innocence had all thought semi-secret EU / WTO trade deals were not going to harm or affect our control over our public services one little iota. Mary Harney had 'reassured' us all on this front in 2002 and Ruairi Quinn backed Bertie up repeating the same line in the Dail in the days immediately preceding the Nice II referendum. Indymedia reported on their barefaced lies at the time. No-one else in the Irish mainstream media seemed to even notice or give a damn that this was
happening.
Secondly, the Article 133 Committee which the privateers use as their in to the EU Commission, and which became the bete-noir of the left campaign against the Nice Treaty (II) might just turn out to be a legal black hole and is due a trip to the courts courtesy of the World Wildlife Fund over its legal standing / existence.
We knew already that the 133 Committee wouldn't say anything whatsoever about what they talk about in their meetings - even to the Parliamentarians of Member States - as 19 TD's, 2 MEPs and 5 MLA's found out last February. Their basic role is to negotiate between EU Member States on who will offer what for privatisation (cough) liberalisation in trade deals such as GATS between the EU and the World Trade Organisation. The price of the Bus Service, or Aer Lingus is commercially sensitive and so won't be released -at least not to us who own the things. Those who know what is good for the populations of EU member states are most likely also concerned at the reactions they might get if it came out in the open that they are trading away publicly owned services in secret closed door deals without a whiff of democratic oversight. A fait-accompli works better and the role of the 133 Committee is and was basically to do the groundwork for a never-ending series of such fait-accomplis.
The People in Government, in Corporate Lobby Groups such as LOTIS (Liberalisation Of Trade in Services) , and even in the Irish Civil Service who are trying to hand the Public Services owned by the citizenry of Ireland surreptitiously over wholesale to the Private Sector have the time to dot their i's and cross their t's and to follow the labyrinthine processes of International Trade Negotiations to their bitter ends. They also have names and addresses.
If Irish and European Activists are going to have any chance of effectively opposing them when they come gunning for the privatisation of Health, Education and Water then they need to get to grips with these complex issues and oppose the privateers at every junction in the labyrinth. Boredom is not an option. These people want our eyes to glaze over when we hear 'Lisbon' or 'liberalisation' or 'Article 133' or ‘GATS’. Let’s not give them what they want.
What they want is EVERYTHING which is why the anti-capitalist movement has since it’s inception consistently targeted the WTO and affiliated trade deals such as NAFTA and GATS in an attempt to bring such machinations out of the shadows where they thrive and into the light.
1.Detailed Background Information on Article 133 and GATS from the Article 133 Information Group. Includes the Phone Numbers of Irish Representatives on the Article 133 Committee. Give them a ring and let them know that just because you can’t look them in the eye does not mean you don’t see them. 2.More background from DAPSE: Health and Education as a Business Opportunity 3.More on the WWF / Article 133 Committee Legal Challenge
Sutherland: Uruguay round GATT and WTO, 88-95. Aherne, Eu Constitution 04.
0.02 Mb
Outside Mountjoy Jail - two SP public representatives inside
0.06 Mb
national / eu Friday March 19, 2004 14:29 by Indymedia Ireland Editorial Group
Here at Indymedia, we like to encourage a DIY attitude. The slogan "Be the media" would be a reasonable distillation of our ethos. As such, we've picked out this particular report as a good example of someone getting out there and doing it themselves. The writer gives the impression of one who was driven by a sense of curiousity and took the time to write a lively and descriptive report of a meeting he attended.
No reporter is completely objective in their writing and this particular reporter clarifies his subjectiveness by clearly stating from the outset his perspective and reason for being there. Nevertheless, he proceeds to give a detailed account of the meeting and the views and opinions expressed by the speakers.
Regular readers may not like the content of the article. They may prefer that Mr. Barrett did not get any publicity for his views (on Indymedia or other media) but this article still qualifies as a fine piece of original reporting. Indymedia as a quality source of original news depends on the willingness of people to do the same.
From the Newswire: 'This Friday a little-known body of the European Union will make a low-profile visit to Dublin Castle. There will be no media spotlight, no fanfare, and the anonymous civil servants who work in it will come and go unnoticed. Their work however, could have profound implications for the lives of millions of people – both within the EU and beyond. The name of this secretive body is the Article 133 Committee.
The Article 133 Committee is the body of the EU where member states discuss trade deals. The 133 Committee is currently formulating the EU’s policy for the controversial GATS negotiations at the WTO. These negotiations aim to bring about the “liberalisation” of trade in all services, including health and education services.
Ireland and other EU states are deciding what services they want to see “liberalised” and open to commercial competition - both within Europe and in the developing world. But neither the Irish Government nor the EU will tell us what they are planning to do – information on trade deals is not published until after the deals are concluded.
This is why a cross-party group of twenty one TDs have called on the Government for full transparency in the operation of the Article 133 Committee. In a letter delivered to Minister Mary Harney on Wednesday 19th February, the TDs stated:
“We, as concerned citizens and elected public representatives are disturbed that matters of public interest – including the EU and Irish government’s proposals on the opening of international trade in public services like health and education, and on trade in goods and services with developing countries – are being discussed in secret at the EU Article 133 Committee meeting in Dublin on Feb 20”
They went on to make the following request:
“In the spirit of openness, transparency and accountability, we request the right to observe at this Article 133 Committee meeting; and to have access to documents being presented by the Irish government to the meeting.”
So far, there has been no information forthcoming in response to this request.'
Further Information and Background
Details of 'Another Europe' Dublin Castle Protest - 20th Feb - 1pm
'Of particular concern is that the deliberations of the Article 133 Committee are not made public.'
Why Does Article 133 Matter? Health and Education as a Business Opportunity: DAPSE Information
The EU Constitution, Gats and Education
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the GATS
Background From Article 133 Info Group
From the Newswire: 'One of the central, but not well known,
direct goals of the Irish EU Presidency is to reach agreement with the
European Parliament about the CO2 Emissions Trading Market. This market
is to be launched in 2005. Ministers of the EU member states are
demanding a market full of loopholes, so that companies can escape
reducing CO2 and other greenhouse gases on EU territory. Instead
companies will be able to produce and trade the commodity “the right to pollute” by financing cheap efficiency projects in Eastern Europe and in the South.
An agreement between the EU Member States and the European
Parliament should finally be reached at the end of June, but ideally
should come about before the last legislative session of the European
Parliament in April, before the elections. Ireland already held a
conference in Dublin on February 3 to discuss the various National
Allocations Plans among the Member States. These allocation plans are
the foundation of privatising the right to pollute among companies in
the EU, concerning high-polluting industries such as the steel and
paper industries. Before the end of March, all Member States should
have finished their allocation plans.
The most crucial topic will be on the loopholes that will be provided
to companies. Last year, the European Commission proposed to link the
European Market with other “flexible mechanisms”
for reaching reduction targets, such as the CDM and JI mechanisms, that
make it possible for Member States and companies to create the right to
pollute with CO2 in the EU, by developing or financing “climate projects”
in other countries. The Commission however proposed to put a cap of 8
per cent on this. The EU Parliament agreed on this. In December, a
majority of the EU-member states expressed the opinion that they want
to get rid of this cap. Now, Member States and the EU Parliament have
to come to an agreement so that the trading scheme can be implemented
in January 2005.
This so-called “linking directive” will boost the European
Market with cheap credits, so reaching the Kyoto-targets will be much
cheaper for companies. States such as Spain (which is very energy
inefficient), as well as most industries, are heavily engaged in
lobbying the EU Parliament and other Member States to link the European
market with these other flexible mechanisms. The consequences are that
no reductions will have to be met in Europe itself, enabling industry
and Member States to continue polluting anyway and further postponing
solutions to climate change. Another consequence is that a very
lucrative market will be created, by creating a new commodity and very
flexible market rules.'
The Effects of this Wrangling in Ireland are Already Apparent:
Government is Giving Industry what it Wants: Industry Plays while the
Consumer Pays (Waste Charges)
Irish Taxpayer Funds Free Ride for CO2 Industries: Friends of the Irish Environment Cullen Decision on Emissions Cowardly -SF
Cullen Ignoring Kyoto Targets -Labour
Greens say Government is allowing Industry ignore Kyoto Obligations
Rising number of young people join the “Locked Out Generation” %pm %b %14, %2020
Ruth Coppinger interviews UCD students fighting rent hikes %pm %b %01, %2020
Election 2020 - Delivering a Fair and Affordable Housing System %pm %b %31, %2020
Debate On Housing Solutions Should Receive As Much Media Attention As No Confidence Drama %pm %b %07, %2019
5 Reasons To March Against Homelessness On 5 December %pm %b %21, %2019
|
Cops welcomed with smoke bombs and flares Dublin Pride %pm %b %14, %2022
Russian naval exercises off the southwest of Ireland %pm %b %28, %2022
In Defence of Children %pm %b %16, %2021
The Lab Leak Psyop %pm %b %25, %2021
The "gardai" should be renamed the GESTAPO or the STASI %pm %b %31, %2021
|
Letters To Israeli Ambassador In Ireland %am %b %27, %2024
Woman whose soup run fed 250 homeless in Dublin told to cease or face €300k fine %pm %b %07, %2024
"Crucify Him! Crucify Him!" %am %b %01, %2023
Dublin - Protest outside RTE for Complicity in Medical Genocide on Sat Feb 11th @ 1pm %pm %b %07, %2023
Germany cannot give up it's Nazi past - Germany orders Holocaust survivor institutionalize... %pm %b %14, %2023
|
BMW Symbol angegriffen - Wir wehren uns gegen ihre Repression %pm %b %27, %2023
France Rises Up Against the New Fascism - Vaccine Passports %pm %b %21, %2021
Front Toward Enemy %am %b %10, %2020
George Floyd: one death too many in the “land of the free” %pm %b %23, %2020
Pope Francis and World Leaders Call for Inclusive Economy %pm %b %05, %2020
|
(Bure/France) Demonstration: Without nuclear power our earth will live %am %b %09, %2023
Press Conference to highlight Ennis Data Centre’s 66 diesel generators ‘threat to human he... %pm %b %21, %2022
Clare County Council Decision to Approve 66 Diesel Generators for Data Centre 'Threatens E... %am %b %12, %2022
€108m Bord na Mona rehabilitation questioned in East Galway bog video %pm %b %06, %2022
EU Court Must Decide If EU Ministers Have Illegally Set Unsustainable Fishing Limits. %pm %b %10, %2022
|
Israeli sinks to even greater depths of depravity. Israeli drones lure Palestinians with c... %pm %b %18, %2024
Al-Shifa Survivor Confirms MASS EXECUTION OF INNOCENT CIVILIANS | %pm %b %24, %2024
Anarchists should not be spreading Putinist propaganda %am %b %03, %2024
[Dublin] National Demonstration: Freedom for Palestine - End Gaza Genocide - Sanctions Now... %pm %b %08, %2024
Tucker Carlson - Why We're Interviewing Vladimir Putin %pm %b %08, %2024
|
|
|