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                    Grand majority of Parliament votes in favor of a regulation on investor-state lawsuits. Greens criticize the result sharply. Investor-state dispute settlement ( ISDS ) has come into the focus of critics since the start of negotiations on a free trade agreement with the US (TTIP). ISDS means that foreign investors can sue the states hosting their investments in front of international courts when they see their rights and profit expectations violated. Often it is environmental or social legislation of a state which...