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Sectoral Social Dialogue Committee in the Gas Sector - Working Group 2/2024 Brussels Belgium

Sectoral Social Dialogue Committee in the Gas Sector - Working Group 2/2024

Utilities, Remunicipalisation, PPPs

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Nov. 27, 2023

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INQPS project – insourcing, remunicipalisation and quality public services

In April 2023 EPSU and PSI, the European and global trade union federations representing public service workers, launched the INQPS project aimed at developing an online course on insourcing/remunicipalisation –

Jul. 28, 2023

Concert for Water at Aristotelous Square Thessaloniki on 2 April 2023

Greek water workers and water movement achieve success as water companies return to state control

A major success of 12 years campaigning of Greek water workers and the broader water and social movement as it was announced that the government will take back control of Athens and Thessaloniki Water companies.

Nov. 30, 2020

Drinking Water Directive sees progress. The fight for Human Right to Water and Sanitation continues

Press Release - EPSU welcomes the vote on the Drinking Water Directive recast in the European Parliament today as small step forward to realise the Human Right to Water in the EU.

Nov. 23, 2020

Right To Energy workshop December 2020

Right to Energy Forum workshop

In the framework of the Right to Energy Forum (more information below), EPSU will organise a workshop on “Going public: the way forward to end energy poverty? The failure of energy market liberalisation”

Sep. 30, 2020

Another town in Portugal brings water into public ownership

After the remunicipalisation of water services in Mafra in 2016 (Portugal), another Portuguese town has announced now that is going public.

Dec. 16, 2019

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EPSU challenges Brussels consensus on market-based solutions to fight climate breakdown

In the past months, EPSU has sought to influence the debate around decarbonisation of the European economy and the need for a just transition.

Sep. 19, 2019

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Going public the failure of energy liberalisation report EPSU - PSIRU September 2019

Going Public: A Decarbonised, Affordable and Democratic Energy System for Europe new EPSU report

A brand new publication on the liberalisation of energy systems in Europe over the past 20 years is out.

Sep. 03, 2019

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Public and Private Sector efficiency

A major review of hundreds of academic studies reveals that there is no empirical evidence that the private sector is intrinsically more efficient than the public sector

Mar. 06, 2019

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How remunicipalisation of water services in Rostock delivered lower prices and better collective agreement

It took years of sustained effort. In the end trade unions, city councillors and water activists convinced the German city council of Rostock its water services are better off being run public.

Oct. 22, 2018

Cover page report Eurodad PPS history repppeated

Report exposes further problems with public-private partnerships

Public-private partnerships (PPPs) can end up leaving citizens and the public sector facing higher costs, greater risk, less transparency and more complexity than the public sector alternative.

Jan. 31, 2018

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Private sector failures in Norway - the consequences

Recent private sector failures in Norway have resulted in the re-municipalisation of waste services.