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Christian Aid and Trade Justice Movement campaigners will be taking action against the unfair 'Economic Partnership Agreements'. People are invited to take action with campaigners from across Europe, Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific and demand that the EU stops negotiating unfair trade deals with developing countries.
Day Plan
11-11:30am Check in at Belgrave Square - this is essential so that you can be assigned to a team to deliver the trade justice message after the rally.
12 noon: Rally outside the Germany Embassy in Belgrave Square, with a hand over of our demands to Germany, as holder of the EU presidency.
1pm onwards: Depart in teams to deliver our demands to the London embassies of the other EU countries, the UK's Department of Trade and Industry and the European Commission.
Nearest tube stations: Hyde Park Corner (Piccadilly line), Victoria (Victoria, Circle and District lines, mainline rail).
Web http://www.pressureworks.org/dosomething/act/240107_key.html
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