Frack Free Europe Pledge

MEP candidate declaration of opposition to unconventional fossil fuels, fracking and free trade agreements. 

The text of the pledge is below, and on word doc attached. Please sign and return to frack-free-europe@nongazdeschiste.fr

I, [NAME], as a candidate for the next European elections, commit:

to abide by the Precautionary Principles as formulated in the Treaty on European Union, and support a moratorium on the use of fracking, for all existing and future projects for exploration or exploitation of unconventional fossil fuels.
to strive to integrate into existing EU legislation all necessary precautions specific to unconventional fossil fuels.  
to reject undemocratic mechanisms in free trade and investment agreements (in particular the CETA and the TTIP agreements), which could be used by multinational corporations – such as Big Oil and Gas – to challenge policies that protect the environment and public health.
to oppose the Investor-State Dispute Settlement Mechanism (ISDS) which could make national governments reluctant to forbid the use of fracking.
to support the creation of an EU register to which all lobbyists will be obliged to sign up;  and to require all EU officials (European Commissioners, Commission civil servants, Members of the European Parliament) to maintain an online list of all meetings organised with lobbyists.
to promote true energy transition based on clean and renewable energies, on energy conservation efficiency targets, and on an ambitious strategy to abandon all fossil fuels.

I declare myself to be a frack free candidate for a frack free Europe.

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