(November 2007) The mayor of Paris will defend the return of the concessions to a public company. The concessions are run by Veolia and Suez. Not only abroad but also in France the private sector water companies meet with resistance as their capacity to offer affordable, low prices and good quality service is increasinly questioned.
For more on the story: (Le Monde , 7 november) "The mayor wants to take this historical opportunity to take the entire control of the water management, that was partially led to private groups in 1985; (...) ‘ I would like to propose to Paris habitants a public operator which guarantees the quality of water at an affordable price' (...) 'A single public owned operator that manages all the cycle of production and distribution of water' "At the Paris council, the Green and the Communist party are struggling since longtime to the come back to public management. (...) Anne Le Strat, president of the Paris Water company, declares to be quite satisfied with the mayor decision;
The entire press statement, in french, you can read on following website: www.france-libertes.fr
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