Archive - Oct 17, 2006

EU commissioners in bed with business; Campaigners demand a cut to corporate power over the EU

16 October, 2006
Today, Friends of the Earth Europe and the Seattle to Brussels Network demanded that the European Union stops making policy decisions biased towards business interests. Trade and environmental campaigners staged an action outside the annual back-pat of the Confederation of European Business (UNICE) today, attended by six European Commissioners and called 'Why do companies care about Europe?'.