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AEPF Briefing Paper
for the ASEM (Asia Europe Meeting) Public Conference on EU-Asia Inter-Regional Relations.
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AEPF-8 Call to Action
Challenging and Eroding Corporate Power - Building States of Citizens for Citizens
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| Key issues on the table at the 8th Asia Europe People's Forum |
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Ben Hayes, Nick Buxton, Praful Bidwai, Susan George, Walden Bello Ahead of the Asia Europe People's Forum (AEPF) which coincides with the official ASEM8 summit this year in Brussels, four TNI scholar-activists - Susan George, Praful Bidwai, Ben Hayes and Walden Bello - discuss some of the key struggles facing citizens from both regions.
The title of the 8th Asia Europe People's Forum 'Challenging Corporate Power, Building States of Citizens for Citizens' highlights the worrying lack of democratic accountability that characterises both the EU and the nature of its bi-regional relations around the world. Led by neoliberal free market ideology, the EU's plans for "Global Europe" have far-reaching implications for people in both regions, meanwhile their voices remain consistently excluded from official forums. In this booklet four scholar activists look toward ASEM8 and the alternative/inclusive AEPF8, and consider some of the major issues that will be on the agenda for discussion: the ongoing crisis of neoliberal capitalism, democracy, evolving security regimes, the environmental crisis and poverty. Contents:
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