L’accordo commerciale UE-Canada, anche se meno noto del TTIP, non è meno pericoloso né meno foriero di disastri. Come tutti i mega-trattati di questo tipo, è uno strumento per espropriare la democrazia a favore delle multinazionali.
The "economic" migrations have historically been an engine of development, being distinct from the migration motivated by specific political circumstances. But now the ravages of Middle Eastern wars have created a plot that makes abstract and distorting the opposition between the two typologies.
La sigla, Ttip, starebbe per "Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership", ma il significato è quello di un trattato , tendente a subordinare le scelte dei governi agli interessi delle multinazionali.
Five years ago the whole world saluted the events of the so-called Arab Spring as a harbinger of progress in terms of democratic participation based on a proud claim to agency and justice. What we see is something that would disturbingly fit the definition of a “perfect storm”. Internal and international conflicts intertwine, while sectarianism, tribalism and localism threaten the very existence of several of the region’s nation-states. Disintegration and violent fragmentation seem both contagious and unstoppable.
