Date: Fri, 27 Feb 1998 From: •••@••.••• (Jan Slakov) Subject: France out of MAI! --- forwarded message --- From: Peter Bleyer <•••@••.•••> To: "'•••@••.•••'" <•••@••.•••> Subject: Success story. French government says no to MAI Date: Thu, 26 Feb 1998 -----Original Message----- From: ecoropa [SMTP:•••@••.•••] Sent: February 26, 1998 11:38 AM Subject: Success story. French government says no to MAI Dear friends, News from Paris France Date 26 02 1998 Thanks to international pressure and a very stong national opposition from all sectors - social - cultural - environmental - development - the french government stated yesterday at the Parliament that France is not going to engaged the country in further negociations on the MAI. The minister of Economy and Finances Dominique Strauss-Kahn stated yesterday : 'The (french) government has no intention to engage itself in whatever multilateral agreement which will, limit its action or the one of its Parliament, to define our social rules, our fiscal laws, or our environmental legislation, or that will enable any foreign companies to challenge its national legislation in the name of this agreement. The Prime Minister, Lionel Jospin, was in the room and agreed to this and more. For those reading french, I know it's hard... We are scanning the press clipping and we are waiting for your numerous messages, I am sure, asking for more information. Together we can change the world Cheers to all and one more time congatulations. Etienne Vernet / Ecoropa For Thierry David / Observatoire de la Mondialisation -- For MAI-not subscription information, posting guidelines and links to other MAI sites please see http://mai.flora.org/ ~=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~-~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=~ Posted by: Richard K. Moore | PO Box 26, Wexford, Ireland •••@••.••• | www.iol.ie/~rkmoore/cyberjournal * Non-commercial republication encouraged - with this sig * ~=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~-~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=~
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