- Title: Activists climb Madrid towers in protest at TTIP
- Date: 17th May 2016
- Summary: MADRID, SPAIN (MAY 17, 2016) (REUTERS) EXTERIOR OF KIO TOWERS / BANNER ON RIGHT TOWER READING (Spanish) 'NO TO' BANNER READING 'NO TO' / ACTIVISTS SUSPENDED FROM TOWER VARIOUS OF GREENPEACE ACTIVISTS SUSPENDED FROM TOWER BANNER READING 'NO TO' / ACTIVISTS SUSPENDED FIRE TRUCK POLICEMEN STANDING OUTSIDE TOWERS AMBULANCE / TOWER IN BACKGROUND WITH BANNER SEMAPHORE SWITCHING COLOUR / BANNER AND ACTIVISTS BANNER READING (Spanish) "NO TO THE TTIP" SEMAPHORE / TOWER WITH BANNER GREENPEACE LOGO IN BANNER / ACTIVIST SUSPENDED ACTIVIST SUSPENDED MADRID KIO TOWERS / BANNER IN RIGHT TOWER MAN LOOKING UP MAN'S BACK / TOWER IN THE BACKGROUND CARS AND BUS DRIVING BY / TOWER WITH BANNER READING "NO TO THE TTIP"
- Embargoed: 1st June 2016 13:28
- Keywords: TTIP Greenpeace protest Madrid United States EU
- Location: MADRID, SPAIN
- City: MADRID, SPAIN
- Country: Spain
- Topics: Government/Politics,International Trade
- Reuters ID: LVA0014I74QX3
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Greenpeace activists on Tuesday (May 17) morning scaled Madrid's Kio Towers in a protest against the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) free trade agreement that is being negotiated between United States and the European Union.
Greenpeace is against the proposed agreement arguing with other critics that it would hand too much power to big business at the expense of consumers and national governments. Supporters say the TTIP would deliver more than $100 billion of economic gains on both sides of the Atlantic.
The six activists began their protest at 0700 local (0500 GMT) and unfurled banners reading "No to the TTIP" at the top of the towers. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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