Hundreds in Poland protest TTIP
PR dla Zagranicy
Roberto Galea
19.04.2015 12:22
As many as 300 protesters took to the streets of Warsaw to voice their disapproval of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP).
Photo: PAP/Paweł Supernak
Polish protesters gathered in the capital Warsaw to rally against a new round of deals of TTIP.
TTIP is a planned trade and investment partnership between the United States and the European Union.
The protesters congregated in front of the European Commission with a large construction shaped like a Trojan horse. This, the organisers said, symbolised the international corporations which stand to profit from a deal such as TTIP.
“The best thing Poland and Europe can do is to re-engage in multilateral talks with the World Trade Organisation. Unfortunately, the European Union and the United States are trying to take a shortcut, to get along with each other, then get the rest of the world to provide privileges for these corporations,” one of the organisers of the Polish protest, Marcin Wojtalik, said. “These deals do not benefit the majority of Poles, only shareholders of the corporations,” he added.
About 600 protests against TTIP were held around the world on Saturday, with thousands taking to the streets of Germany urge politicians to stop the partnership. (rg)
Source: PAP