(June 27, 2016 at 11:16 am)abaris Wrote:(June 27, 2016 at 11:11 am)Alasdair Ham Wrote: Secrecy doesn't imply danger. If there was a global consensus that the TTIP was a threat to the global economy wouldn't the whole world be out to stop this economic evil?
You know, there's a difference between what international business considers to be helpful and what's actually helpful to the population at large. The latter is the problem we're dealing with today, since - at the very least - a pretty large minority is worse off than they were a decade ago.
Secrecy in matter that would concern all European citizens in one way or the other, is a sure way to be open for conspiracy theories. People are already conditioned to expect the worst from their politicians. And there's always someone in the ranks, only waiting for their chance to cash in on that. Now it is the national right. Previously it was the radical left.
I tend to smell conspiracy theory when secrecy and plotting is mentioned but the evidence on the matter appears unclear and mixed at best.