COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU / Trade

 Court overturns Commission's refusal to register proposed citizens' initiative 'Stop TTIP'

Brussels, 10/05/2017 (Agence Europe)

On Wednesday 10 May, the General Court of the EU overturned the European Commission’s decision to refuse to register the proposed European citizens’ initiative (ECI) entitled 'Stop TTIP' (case T-754/14).

This ECI aims to put an end to the negotiations for the transatlantic trade and investment partnership between the EU and the United States and to block the EU’s conclusion of a global economic and commercial agreement with Canada (see EUROPE 11194). Contrary to the Commission’s...