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Centre vote splits over TTIP resolution

SOCIAL democrat MEPs split over a vote on the secretive Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) on Wednesday.

The European Parliament voted by 436 to 241 in favour of a motion on establishing a corporate court to deal with the controversial Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) aspect of the proposed treaty.

German members of the Social and Democratic (S&D) bloc joined conservatives and liberals in backing the motion leaving their fellow members — including the British Labour Party — to vote against it.

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