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The councilors of Cambiemos Murcia, Margarita Guerrero and Now Murcia, Alicia Morales, will propose to the Plenary on Thursday to express their rejection of the Free Trade and Investment Treaty between the European Union and Canada (CETA), approved last week by Parliament With the votes in favor of PP, PSOE and Citizens.
Morales and Guerrero have explained that the CETA's drafting and negotiation process has been carried out "in an opaque, secretive and obscure manner," denying consultation to citizens and political representatives until negotiations are over.
"MEPs could only consult fragments of the agreements in closed rooms, without being able to make copies and report on what they have read," they recalled.
For the councilors of each municipal group, the treaty, "far from being reduced to commercial aspects, will alter the way in which states regulate and approve regulations, conditioning democracy to the economic benefits of large companies, which may even sue institutions To approve measures contrary to an alleged right of unlimited enrichment. "
They also drew attention to the fact that the effects of CETA will have a "serious impact" for developing countries, as the European Parliament's Development Committee has shown, and for the rights of workers , Something that has already highlighted the Employment Committee of the same community body.
Likewise, it will be detrimental to food security and agriculture in Murcia, as European standards of food safety and production are jeopardized by the removal of regulatory differences between the EU and Canada.
It will also affect the Spanish meat industry, because it will be possible to import into the EU meat from hormonal animals, banned until now.
Source: Cambiemos Murcia
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