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- Publicerad torsdag, 01 februari 2007 11:54
Det avtal som nu diskuteras, EPA, hotar nämligen bland annat att hålla miljoner i fattigdom, bakbinda fattiga länders industrier och skada miljön. Vi har några rekommendationer som vi hoppas att hon kan överväga.
Dear Chancellor Angela Merkel
During 2007 you have far reaching influence on shaping European Union (EU) policies as holder of the EU presidency and as host of the G8 summit. In your address to the German Parliament on December 14th 2006, you stated your intent to focus on a genuine partnership between poor developing countries in Africa and the EU.
During your presidency you have a historic opportunity to ensure that trade agreements of the EU with developing countries contribute to the eradication of poverty and promote sustainable development in many of the world’s poorest countries. (...)
The current proposals are likely to keep millions of people in poverty, cripple developing countries' fledgling industries, damage the environment and severely reduce their policy space for autonomous trade and investment policy decisions. Rather than pushing ACP countries to accept comprehensive free trade agreements, the EU must offer fair alternatives that enhance the potential for development of ACP countries.
In 2007, Germany has many opportunities to help eradicate poverty in ACP countries. Civil society organisations from the EU and the ACP therefore ask you to use the EU presidency to ensure that EU Member States take the following recommendations into consideration: