European Parliament
Marc Tarabella (PSE ),
in writing
(FR)
I wish to explain to you here why I voted against Mrs Mann’s report on transatlantic economic relations between the United States and the European Union.
In a general context, the report covers too many completely different sectors, sectors which, in my opinion, should be the subject of specific reports. I think, therefore, that the content of the report ought to have been better targeted.
This report could, moreover, have dramatic consequences for Europe. Indeed it opens the door to a free trade area between the United States and the European Union, which would increase the penetration into Europe of the United States’ agricultural processing model.
This goes against a principle that, as a Socialist, I feel duty bound to defend: a social Europe based on principles of solidarity!

