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London, 29/11/2016. Today, "Global Justice Now" held a demo outside the Corporate Office of RM Gold (Services) Ltd in the City of London to protest against the so called CETA, the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement between the European Union and Canada (Wikipedia, http://bit.ly/2fCvKf8). From the organisers Facebook event page: <<Gabriel Resources - a Canadian mining company, is currently suing the state of Romania over the refusal to grant a mining permit for what would have been the largest open cast gold mine in Europe. The mine was planned for the region of Rosia Montana, a beautiful town in Transylvania and UNESCO world heritage site. Gabriel Resources are demanding a payment of €4 billion to compensate for their lost future profits. They are using a UK / Romanian investment treaty through their London and Jersey offices to take this case. The legal action should send alarm bells ringing throughout the EU, and in the UK. Early next year, the European parliament is voting CETA, the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement with Canada. It will expose European governments to similar cases if those governments decide at any time to prioritise the interests of people, their rights or the environment over and above the future profits of Canadian corporations or 40,000 US companies active in Canada. […]>>. From Wikipedia.org: <<Gabriel Resources Ltd. is a Canadian TSX-listed resource company focused on permitting and developing controversial Roșia Montană gold and silver project located in western central Romania. The Project, the largest undeveloped gold deposit in Europe, is owned through Rosia Montana Gold Corporation S.A. (RMGC), a Romanian Company in which Gabriel Resources holds an 80.69% stake and CNCAF Minvest S.A., a Romanian state-owned mining enterprise, the rest. […]>>.<br />
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For more info click here: http://www.globaljustice.org.uk/ceta & http://bit.ly/2fL11rq & http://bit.ly/2fCu4m1
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London, 29/11/2016. Today, "Global Justice Now" held a demo outside the Corporate Office of RM Gold (Services) Ltd in the City of London to protest against the so called CETA, the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement between the European Union and Canada (Wikipedia, http://bit.ly/2fCvKf8). From the organisers Facebook event page: <<Gabriel Resources - a Canadian mining company, is currently suing the state of Romania over the refusal to grant a mining permit for what...
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