Posted on 09/17/2016 1:16:40 PM PDT by GilGil
Hundreds of thousands of Germans took to the streets Saturday, in protest of pending trade deals with the United States and Canada.
The deals in question are the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) between the U.S. and the European Union and the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) for the Canadian-EU relationship. Neither free trade agreement has been ratified yet, but popular outcry has been growing for the last few years.
The demonstrations took place in seven cities throughout Germany: Berlin, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Cologne, Leipzig, Munich and Stuttgart. Organizers told CNBC that the official estimate is 320,000 demonstrators across Germany.
In Berlin, where discussions of trade policy are frequently overheard in cafes and most available surfaces are plastered in posters and stickers against the deals, the largest demonstration of the day took place with about 70,000 attendees, according to the organizers.
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Keep the BS coming. Cruz means nothing to me, now. Although it is funny to watch you label me that way. I’m a free trader . . . God Bless Ronald Reagan . . . and if you wish to tar me with that brush, go right ahead.
I’ve been to Europe many times, so I get your point. On the other hand I lived in the D.C. area for over 60 years, and I recall a number of marches and demonstrations on Washington that reportedly were comprised of upwards of a million people, although I’ve always doubted the accuracy of those estimates. Still, some of those crowds WERE enormous.
You now see regularly 25,000-50,000 at all Trump rallies. those are the protesters!
Good point. Obviously I didn’t think of that.
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