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FORTRESS
EUROPE
Germany's
refugee politics and its deadly consequences: 1993 to 2003
Anti Racist Initiative Berlin annual report documenting deaths and
injuries of refugees, in more than 3,400 individual cases, that
resulted directly and indirectly from Germany's refugee policy
"Nothing
is true, nor is it a lie?"
a powerful and moving essay on the indifference of Europe to dead
migrants whose lives end on Spain's beaches
EU
planning joint expulsion flights
The Irish Presidency of the Council of the European Union is pressing
ahead with plans for the collective expulsion of refugees and asylum-seekers
Sweatshops,
unions and Fortress Europe
The EU is continuing the exploitation of the people of North Africa
through creating a special trade zone of some of the North African
countries similar to the free trades zones North America has created
in Mexico.
Murdered
by Fortress Europe
The discovery of the bodies of 8 asylum seekers in a container in
Wexford in late November shocked everyone. For those concerned with
the plight of asylum seekers the deaths were not only a disaster
waiting to happen but just the latest instalment in an ever grosser
tale of human misery and exploitation
Drowned,
suffocated and beaten to death - 'Fortress Europe' - legalised murder
[2000]
These are the victims of 'Fortress Europe' - the human cost of a
policy which places the needs of capital over the rights of people.
In fact over 2063 people have died in and around the European Union
since 1993 as a result of the anti-refugee policies of governments
across Europe.
Fortress
Europe pulls up the drawbridge
The essence of globalisation is mobility, but now it is clear that
true mobility is to be limited to money and the global elite that
manipulates it.
Fortress
Europe and the effects of the Nice Treaty
If the Nice treaty allowed the imposition of sanctions on third
world countries if they refused to cooperate with "migrant
management", to be passed by qualified majority voting.
Spain
in hi-tech war on immigrants
Immigrant pressure groups in Spain say that 4,000 people have drowned
on the crossing in the past five years
EU
splits on linking aid to action on migration
At Seville EU governments split over the proposal to suspend financial
assistance to developing countries which fail to crack down on people-smugglers
and take back their own nationals. Because the old decision making
methods were still in force the proposal was vetoed. If the Qualified
Majority proposals of Nice were active it would have passed!
Asylum
crisis hyped in Europe, says UN
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees said the number of refugees
entering Europe had fallen by almost 50 per cent over the past decade.
Big
Brother
"the
war on freedom and democracy"
an analysis of the effects on civil liberties and democratic culture
in the EU
EU:
Exchanging information on terrorists or protestors?
The same Working Party has already agreed on a standard form to
exchange data on real terrorists. So why is this measure necessary?
Biometrics
EU takes another step down the road to 1984, see also part 2 of
this report
EU
biometric passport proposal exceeds the EC's powers
"no powers conferred upon the EC by the EC Treaty, taken separately
or together, confer upon the EC the power to adopt the proposed
Regulation "
EU
security research agenda
List of "personalities" includes eight multinational companies
E.U.
Surveillance of Telecommunications
The E.U. have accepted an amendment to a directive on accepting
data retention and surveillance by the law enforcement agencies
The
Nice treaty and the extension of police powers
Given the growing spying by EU police on globalisation activists
and the oppression of immigrants the is reason to be concerned by
the extension of police power in Nice
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Neoliberalism
and privitisation
"Better
Regulation": For Whom?
EC Prepares to Dismantle Business Regulation and Expand Corporate
Control
GATS:
Undermining Public Services Worldwide
The European Commission is trying to expand GATS to as many sectors
as possible, working closely with the European Services Forum to
champion the interests of the European services industry.
Why
does Article 133 matter?
Bin Collection, Aer Rianta, An Post, CIE, FAS, Bord Failte, ESB
- all of these bodies have their futures discussed at the Article
133 meetings. When we want to know what's behind 25% of bus routes
being introduced, or the push behind service charges we HAVE to
think about these meetings
Why
are Article 133 Committee meetings not made public?
International trade negotiations affect all aspects of our lives,
and are therefore a matter of public interest. We think they should
be open to scrutiny by citizens and public representatives alike
Leaked
Confidential Documents Reveal EC's Neoliberal GATS Agenda
The leaked documents show that the European Union intends to ask
all WTO member states to open up the water sector (including water
collection, purification, distribution and wastewater treatment)
and energy for international competition
The
Nice Treaty and globalisation
A look at the corporate agenda behing the Nice treaty and in particular
at Article 133
The
Cunning Bully - EU Bribery and Arm-twisting at the WTO
September 2003 - This report, written by Fatoumata Jawara and co-published
by CEO and TNI, documents the EU's systematic use of inappropriate
tactics inside the WTO
EU,
Globalisation and the Seville Protests
How the EU is a motor for globalisation and how its decision effect
Irish workers.
The
Lisbon Strategy
The Lisbon Agenda specifically targets "gas, electricity, postal
services and transport" for privitisation. The Irish governments
official EU website declares "The Lisbon strategy is a major
priority for the Irish Presidency"
Who
really runs the show?
Discount
Davos: the European Business Summit 2002
According to the organisers, the EBS is the "most important
European dialogue between leading business people and policy makers"
No less than eight Commissioners participated in debates.
The
European Roundtable of Industrialists and the Lisbon Agenda
The European Roundtable of Industrialists (ERT), representing the
largest transnational corporations in Europe, continues to book
disturbing successes in its strive for a sweeping neoliberal restructuring
of European societies.
From
Lisbon to Stockholm: The ERT Evaluates 'Progress' in Neoliberal
Reforms
The ERT works hard to ensure that reluctant EU governments do not
step back from implementing sweeping deregulation and privatisation
commitments made in Lisbon.
In
Defence of the Roundtable
Former ERT Boss Evaluates Ten Years in EU Corporate Politics
European
Business Summit (EBS): Consolidating Corporate Power
1,000 of Europe's business leaders and officials from EU institutions
gathered in Brussels for yet another high profile corporate get-together.The
conference centre itself was a veritable fortress surrounded by
razor wire barricades and a small army of Belgian police.
ICC
steps up counter-campaign against critics of corporate-led globalisation
The ICC leadership presented their 'New Europe' vision, in which
democracy is subjected to the disciplines of financial markets and
where competitiveness is the leading principle of policy-making.
Other
information sources
The
official Irish presidency site
All wrapped up and made pretty by the southern Irish government
Statewatch
Monitoring the state and civil liberties in the European Union
European
Round Table of Industralists
Striaight from the horses mouth. The organisation of 40 top industralists
behind the direction of the EU
Corporate
Europe Observer
Campaign
against the Europe of Capital
Spanish language resource
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Nice Referendum results
Alone in the EU the people of southern Ireland got to vote on the
Nice treaty. When we returned the wrong vote the first time around
we were sent back to do it right the second time!
Oct
2002 Turnout 49.47% - Yes 62.89% - No 37.11%
Constituency
breakdown
June 2001 Turnout 34.79% ( Electorate: 2,867,960 - Total Poll: 997,826)
- Yes ( 453,461) No ( 529,478) Spoilt (14,887)
Constituency
breakdown
EU Protests elsewhere
Report
of EU summit Copenhagen protests
In December protests were held at the EU summit in Copenhagen
The
Seville 2002 EU summit protests [with photos]
An Irish anarchist reports from the European Summit protests in
Seville
The
Barcelona Breakthrough
Lessons from the largest ever demonstration against corporate globalisation
in Europe
From
Barcelona to Seville
Time was when an EU summit was every leader's wet dream. But not
any more. The EU summit in Barcelona over the 9 to the 16 of March
saw between 250,000 and 600,000 people take to the streets!
The
media coverage of the Nice treaty demonstrations
You may remember the news being dominated for several nights by
coverage of the European Summit in Nice. An endless stream of politicians
and political experts offered us their opinions on what new voting
arrangements might be introduced. You might even be aware that there
was some opposition on the streets of Nice to the summit, on December
7th most TV news items started with brief footage of a bank being
set on fire
Battle
starts outside European summit in Nice [In French]
[In Italian]
Mainstream press sites and the wire services are carrying reports
that battles have broken out between the protesters in Nice and
the riot police guarding the European Summit.
Libertarians
Against Nice treaty
LAN fought the campaign on many fronts. From Limerick to Louth,
Kinsale to Kildare, Dundalk to Donegal the battle raged. Even in
Dublin we put up a fight. 50,000 (count 'em) leaflets were distributed,
hundreds of posters of various types went up.
'Libertarians
against Nice' launched
LAN is a network of groups and individuals across Ireland campaigning
against the Nice treaty from a libertarian perspective
Fighting
Nice and Getting involved (report on 1st referendum)
The ruling class got an almighty slap in the face when we voted
to reject the Nice Treaty. The Workers Solidarity Movement and other
anarchists campaigned for a 'no' vote
The
unemployed are on the march [1997]
A European March against Unemployment, Job Insecurity and Exclusion
has been called by a wide coalition of unions, unemployed and political
groups. Eleven separate legs of the march will arrive in the centre
of Amsterdam on the afternoon of June 14th, to coincide with a European
Union Inter-governmental Conference
Vote
No to Maastricht [1992]
"Fortress Europe" seeks to unite the European bosses and
workers against the peoples of the rest of the world. Integration
means a tightening of immigration controls. The Maastricht treaty
in particular covers two other things besides monetary union. It
is these that determine how we will vote. These are the questions
of European defence and the Protocol.
The
cost of MEP's
The cost to the public for each sitting MEP for one year is in the
order of ¤1,300.000
Links
to be sorted
An anarchist
response to Ireland on Sunday
Feb 8th, Ireland on Sunday published a scare story about anarchism
and the forthcoming EU protests. Below is a reply
Maps
of Ireland
"Because information wants to be truly free'
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