The EU-Mercosur Agreement: A threat to the environment and livelihoods?
A Greens/EFA Conference
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The EU-Mercosur free trade agreement, due to be voted by the European Parliament during this mandate, will be discussed in detail with researchers, experts and civil society. The event is open to all and will be livestreamed on the day.
Interpretation: DE, FR, ES, PT, EN
15:00: Introduction: Molly Scott Cato & Yannick Jadot
15:10: Remarks by Sandra Gallina, Deputy Director General, DG Trade DG Trade
15:25: Panel I: Analysing the agreement: researchers and experts review aspects of the text
Chair: Anna Cavazzini + 3 speakers (40 min + 10 min Q&A)
Speakers:
Luciana Ghiotto, Universidad Nacional de San Martín (UNSAM) Transnational Institute, (TNI)
Mathilde Dupré, Co-Director of the Institut Veblen
Bettina Müller, PowerShift
16:15: coffee break (15 min)
16:30: Panel II:
Impact on the ground: dialogue with concerned parties from Mercosur countries
(40 min + 10 min Q&A)
Chair: Grace O’Sullivan
Speakers:
Daniel Wilkinson, Acting Director, Environment and Human Rights Division, Human Rights Watch, Researcher, Human Rights Watch
Jimena Reyes, America's Director, FIDH (tbc)
Representative of the Guajajara community (videolink, tbc)
17:20: Panel III: Land, food and farming: dialogue with concerned parties in Europe
Chair: Martin Hausling (40 min + 10 min Q&A)
Speakers:
Pippa Hackett, Senator and beef farmer
Lindsay Duffield, FERN
Ismail Doga Karatepe International Centre for Development and Decent Work Kassel, University of Kassel University
18:00: Closing remarks- Saskia Bricmont (5 min)
18:30 - conference ends
