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Doc. 9085
4 May 2001
Opponents of free trade and globalisation regarded as a threat to democracy and freedom of opinion in Europe
Motion for an order
presented by Mr Reimann and others
This motion has not been discussed in the Assembly and commits only the members who have signed it |
The competent committee of the Assembly is instructed to draw up for consideration by the plenary Assembly a report taking stock of the growing violence which for two years now has attended summit meetings and international economic exchanges (for example, in 2000 the World Bank/IMF Summit in Prague and the European Union Summit in Nice, and in 2001 the World Economic Forum in Davos with the accompanying disorder in Zurich, the demonstrations which have surrounded the transportation of nuclear fuels in France and Germany, etc.).
The aforementioned report should cast light on the causes and ideological origins of this phenomenon, the links uniting the anti-globalisation militants of the various countries, and the dangers which this movement represents for democracy in Europe (and the world at large) and for freedom of opinion, and should propose solutions in order to contend with these dangers in a spirit of respect for the law and democracy.
Signed (see overleaf)
Signed : 1
Reimann, Switzerland, LDR
Acosta, Spain, LDR
Adam, Germany, EPP/CD
Brunhart, Liechtenstein, EPP/CD
Čekuolis, Lithuania, LDR
Eörsi, Hungary, LDR
Fehr, Switzerland, LDR
Frey, Switzerland, LDR
Jakič, Slovenia, LDR
Lintner, Germany, EPP/CD
Marty, Germany, LDR
Nabholz-Haidegger, Switzerland, LDR
Pinggera, Italy, EPP/CD
Provera, Italy, LDR
Schmied, Switzerland, LDR
Schoettel-Delacher, Austria, NR
Staehelin, Switzerland, EPP/CD
Stankevič, Lithuania, LDR
Van’t Riet, Netherlands, LDR
Zapfl-Helbling, Switzerland, PPE/DC
Zierer, Germany, PPE/DC
1 SOC: Socialist Group
EPP/CD: Group of the European People’s Party
EDG: European Democratic Group
LDR : Liberal, Democratic and Reformers’ Group
UEL: Group of the Unified European Left
NR: not registered in a group