Global Europe

In October 2006, in the context of a suspension of the WTO 'Doha Round', the European Union has set itself new targets for its external trade policy in the Communication 'Global Europe - Competing in the World'. This document sets a new vision for the EU trade policy by integrating it with the Lisbon agenda. This new strategy on 'external aspects of competitiveness' promotes a plain de-regulation agenda in favour of European business, with little regard to fundamental issues such as sustainable development, poverty eradication or economic sovereignty.

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People's summit linking Alternatives III Declaration, Joint Declaration from the Enlazando Alternativas 3, Lima, 13-16 May 2008 (Spanish, Italian, English)

Official documents

• 'Global Europe' Communication, 4 October 2006
• Comunicacion 'Europa Global', 4 octubre de 2006 (ES)
• Communication 'Global Europe', 4 octobre 2006, (FR)
• Mitteilung 'Global Europe', 4 Oktober 2006 (DE)
• Annex to the 'Global Europe' Communication, 4 October 2006
• Draft 'Global Europe' Communication, June 2006

Position S2B members

• Alert to European civil society, November 2006
• Appel à la société civile européenne, novembre 2006 (FR)
• Llamada a la sociedad civil europea, Noviembre de 2006 (ES)
• G8 leaflet, June 2007 (EN)
• Position Friends of the Earth, June 2007
• Position War on Want, April 2008 
• Analyse critique de 'Global Europe', AITEC (FR)
• Global Europe: An Open Door Policy for Big Business at DG Trade, CEO, October 2008  

Position other civil society groups

• Position Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund Bundesvorstand, February 2007
• Position European Trade Union Confederation, December 2006  
• Position CGT (Spanish Trade Union), March 2008 (ES)

Position corporate lobbies  

• Position Eurochambres, February 2007
• Position American Chamber of Commerce to the EU, January 2007
• Position UNICE, December 2006
• Position Foreign Trade Association, November 2006
• Position UAEPME, November 2006
• Position European Services Forum, March 2006
• Position CIAA, February 2006
• Position Eurochambres, June 2005