(Views do not necessarily represent TACD positions) Something (almost) revolutionary happened recently at the EU Council of Ministers but it remains to be seen how courageous the European Commission will be. By Yannis Natsis The European Commission is currently considering…
Commission and Council delay EU ratification of the Marrakesh Treaty
The EU´s Council Working Group on copyright has succeeded in blocking progress toward swift EU ratification of the global right-to-read Marrakesh Treaty that seeks to benefit millions of blind and other visually impaired people around the world. Quick ratification had…
¿Regulatory Cooperation or Regulatory Co-optation?
Questions asked to top EU and US negotiators Ignacio Bercero and Dan Mullaney at TTIP stakeholders event on February 4th, 2014 Is it smart? Is it fair and balanced? Will it chill future legislation in the EU? Can so…
One reason why Syriza won: the access to medicines crisis
by Yannis Natsis, TACD advocacy officer Is there an access to medicines crisis in Greece? Yes, and if nothing changes radically, the worst is yet to come!! This rather pessimistic note summarizes the state of public health in crisis-hit Greece…
Spanish Hepatitis C Patients Petition European Parliament
Petition to the European Parliament “For a European Plan for against Hepatitis C” presented by “Plataforma de Afectados por la Hepatitis C”(Spain) Mario Cortes Morales, Spanish citizen, in representation of the “Plataforma de afectados por la Hepatitis C”…
Five poor excuses used to block EU Ratification Marrakesh Treaty
The Marrakesh Treaty was agreed in June, 2013. Now we are well into 2015 and the EU still has no plan on how to ratify the Treaty. While many other countries have either ratified or, at least, made progress…