Utilities, Water

(7 January 2010) EPSU commented on the Smart Meters 2009 Status Review of the European Regulators Group for Electricity and Gas. Please find it here: EPSU Comments smart metersFor more information of the work of ERGEG on smart meters

(29 August 2011) When talking about environmental services, people think of waste management, renewable energy or water supply, but far less of recycling, river basin management or forest management and flood protection. Environmental services are a growth industry. Public Services unions must be

{A report commissioned by EPSU to Public Services International Research Unit (PSIRU), Avril 2012} 1. Introduction The spectre of water privatisation is once again haunting the people of Europe. From the 1980s to the 2000s, water privatisation was promoted by multinationals, right-wing politicians

(August 2016) A new booklet of EPSU describes in short chapters why the idea that privatisation brings benefits to people, workers and public authorities is a myth. It argues that:Public ownership is normal and widespread – and for good reasonsMany municipalities and countries terminate the water

(23 October 2012) [A video->http://vimeo.com/49869372] to promote our European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) for the right to water and sanitation has been launched last week. In the first month 30,000 people signed our ECI. We have to increase our efforts to raise awareness and get more signatures

EPSU response to the Consultation Paper on the Outline of the Social Strategy of the Energy Community (30 January 2013) This response is on behalf of EPSU, the European Federation of Public Service Trade Unions. EPSU is a recognized European level social partner and a Member of ETUC. Main points: -

(27 January 2014) The citizens committee of the European Citizens initiative has received the confirmation that it will meet the European Commission on 17 February. It will also participate in the hearing at the European Parliament (from 3pm until 6.30pm). The [right2water->http://www.right2water.eu

The European Parliament Committee for Environment (ENVI) has started an “own-initiative” on our ECI right2water, because it shared our conclusion that the response of the European Commission was disappointing and not in accordance to such a successful European Citizens’ Initiative! This “own

(PSI press release 25 March 2015) The Central Jakarta District Court on 24 March annulled the water privatisation contracts of Suez (PT PAM Lyonnaise Jaya – Palyja) and Aetra, finding that the Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) were negligent in fulfilling the human right to water for Jakarta’s

Media Release - April 9, 2015 {{Growing wave of cities ending privatisation and choosing public water services reaches 100 million people in 37 countries – book launch in advance of World Water Forum.}} In the run-up to the 2015 World Water Forum in South Korea on April 12, Transnational Institute

(10 April 2015) The Korean affiliates of Public Services International (PSI), EPSU’s international organization are organizing on Monday 13th and Tuesday 14th April an Alternative Water Forum to the corporate oriented World Water Forum. In 2012 in Marseille over 10.000 people participated in the

Last week we received the news that the French multinationals must comply with the law. No water provider may cut-off or disconnect service from a primary residence, even if the bills have not been paid. This decision is final, there will be no appeal. On Friday, 29 May, [France’s Constitutional

(Press release- Brussels, 4 September 2015) The European Parliament will vote on the first ever European Citizens Initiative (ECI) [www.Right2water.eu->http://www.Right2water.eu] 8 September. The Environmental Committee of the EP supported the demands of the nearly 2 million people that signed. The

(1st December 2015) Although many municipalities are [remunicipalising their water and other services->http://www.epsu.org/sites/default/files/article/files/TNI_Media_briefing_Water_9_April_2015.pdf] the European institutions continue their pressure to seek privatisation. This is most notable in the