Politics - G.A.T.S.


Why a page dedicated to politics? Well, I try to actively participate in the democratical life of the society I live in (France, Europe), to make my opinion by looking carefully at some political questions, and contribute to some debates with my ideas.

Recently, i investigated what the World Trade Organization actually does, especially in the framework of the G.A.T.S. (General Agreement on Trade and Services). It deals with and obviously has a major influence on many human activities (education, health, transportation, etc). I was scared by the difficulty to gather precise information and by the complexity of this agreement. So how can a civilian know if it is good for the society or not? if it agrees with what he thinks the society should be?

After getting this information, i condensed it in a summary and made a web site to objectively inform my fellow citizens (yes, it might be you) about what the G.A.T.S. is. In a second (and well delimited) part of this site, I wrote some comments that reflect my personal opinion. Look at it by yourself:

http://agcs.free.fr


It is in French; i would like to make an English, a German and/or a Spanish version of it, but have little time to do it at the moment. May be the comments of interested readers will help me to find it.

© Eric Rivals, 2004
This document was translated from LATEX by HEVEA.