Despite the millions of concerned citizens and numerous warnings from experts across Europe; Conservatives, Liberal Democrats and many Social Democrats are backing this deal.

While most Social Democrats have chosen to remain silent about the issue, hoping no one will notice, the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats are taking a pro-active approach to promote what they call “a gold standard trade deal”. In one last step before the final plenary vote, the European Parliament’s Committee on International Trade (INTA) voted in favour of CETA.

As prominent leaders, these individuals, in addition to countless other public servants, athletes, military and corporate leaders, artists, and musicians, have made an impact both in the U.

Do the CETA CHECK: Ask Members of the European Parliament to vote against the free trade agreement between the EU and Canada (CETA). On the eve of the CETA vote, members of the “Progressive Caucus” organised a conference in the European Parliament with the title “Reasons and Means to Reject CETA”.

(JTA) – The only kosher slaughterhouse in the Netherlands is facing closure because of a government-introduced ban on exporting its produce, the abattoir’s lawyer said.

The ban was included in a July 5 agreement between the government and Jewish and Muslim faith leaders.

Use the assigned data series variables (a, b, c, etc.) together with operators ( , -, *, /, ^, etc.), parentheses , and constants (1, 1.5, 2, etc.) to create your own formula (e.g., 1/a, a-b, (a b)/2, (a/(a b c))*100).Herman Loonstein complained about its effects in a letter he sent last week on behalf of the Slagerij Marcus abattoir to leaders of the Dutch Jewish community.A clause in the document signed July 5 states that meat may be produced without stunning the animals, as is common in kosher slaughter, but that such meat will “not exceed the actual needs of communities present in the Netherlands.” For Slagerij Marcus this stipulation means a loss of approximately 40 percent of its income, which it derives from export, Loonstein told JTA, making its operation “financially untenable.” The agreement was an extension and addition of an earlier deal signed between government officials and faith leaders in 2012.It proves that people, when they have a voice, will clearly demand that democracy is not eroded by corporate privileges.With the EU Parliament’s final vote on CETA (the EU-Canada trade deal) fast approaching, pro-CETA groups are flooding their media streams with advertisements and appeals.“In summation, the effectuation of the ban on export will mean the end of the last kosher slaughterhouse in the Netherlands.” Religious laws in Islam and Judaism require animals be conscious when their necks are cut.Animal rights activist consider this practice cruel, though its advocates argue it results in less or equal suffering compared to industrial slaughter methods with stunning.