MEPs today voted in favour of the on-going trade
talks between the EU and the US known as TTIP. The majority of MEPs voted for a
number of recommendations that they want to see included in the Transatlantic
Trade and Investment Partnership talks known as TTIP. One of the most
controversial aspects of the talks concerns the investor-state dispute
settlement mechanism [ISDS] that gives firms the power to sue governments over
policies they’re not happy with. Today the MEPs backed proposals that call for
any such disputes to be settled publically and transparently. However, the Sinn
Fein MEP Lynn Boylan who’s against any TTIP deal, says the proposed changes will
not work. 

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The European Parliament today passed their resolution
on the on-going trade talks between the EU and the US. The majority of MEPs
voted for a number of recommendations that they want to see included in the Transatlantic
Trade and Investment Partnership talks known as TTIP. One of the most
controversial aspects of the talks concerns the investor-state dispute
settlement mechanism [ISDS] that gives firms the power to sue governments over
policies they’re not happy with. Today the MEPs backed proposals that call for
any such disputes to be settled publically and transparently. The Sinn Fein MEP
Lynn Boylan says she is against any TTIP deal. 

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The Greek Prime Minister missed a golden
opportunity to outline the reform proposals he’s promising to implement in
Greece. That’s the view of the Fine Gael MEP Deirdre Clune who followed Alexis Tsipras’s
address to MEPs in the European Parliament this morning. Mr Tsipras was
criticised by some leading MEPs for his failure to tell them more precise
details of his plans to implement reforms of the likes of tax collection,
health care and pensions. The President of the European Council, Donald Tusk
told MEPs that there are only four days left to reach an ultimate agreement on
Greece. Here’s Deirdre Clune.

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