EU Parliament tells commission to get rid of unfair trading practices

On 7 June the European Parliament finally responded to the communication by the European Commission on Unfair Trading Practices (UTPs). They’ve send a strong message to upgrade the current fig leaf and get real on UTPs. SOMO, and a coalition of 29 NGOs united in the Supply Cha!nge project now look forward to see a bold step forward by European Commission.

EU Parliament tells commission to get rid of unfair trading practices

Stefan Grasgruber-Kerl, spokesperson for the Supply Cha!nge project: “Today’s vote shows that the European Parliament wants to see fairer trade relations between Europe and the Global South. Now it is the task of the European Commission to finally take steps to draft a binding directive to protect farm workers and small holder farmers from the increased and by now huge power of supermarkets and multinational food companies over the supply chain. The European Parliament vote is in line with the petitions of the Make Fruit Fair and Supply Cha!nge campaigns, where 61.000 Europeans said that they are against the currently dominant unfair trading practices.”

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