Sep. 19, 2014 Right to water struggle continues in Spain (19 September 2014) Many people who can not afford to pay their water bill are cut off from water in Spain. It is estimated that 9.000.000 people have difficulties to
Sep. 17, 2014 Benchmarking of water services (17 September 2014) In its response to our European Citizens’ Initiative, the European Commission stated that it would explore the possibility of promoting the benchmarking of water services (on quality
Sep. 16, 2014 Our response to the Consultation on Drinking Water in Europe With respect to the human right to water and sanitation, “right2water” has deliberately focused on the aspects of availability, accessibility and affordability of water supply and wastewater disposal.
Sep. 15, 2014 EN DE Our response to the Consultation on Drinking Water in Europe (15 September 2014) With respect to the human right to water and sanitation, “right2water” has deliberately focused on the aspects of availability, accessibility and affordability of water supply and wastewater
Aug. 12, 2014 Public Consultation on drinking water directive is open (12 August 2014) In response to our European Citizens’ Initiative the European Commission said it would start a public consultation on the drinking water directive in view of improving access
Jul. 24, 2014 Climate Change – what priorities for sustainable development ? Climate change is the largest single threat to current and future generations. Many are seriously worried about these climate changes, which afflict everybody to different degrees. It is the poor
Jul. 22, 2014 Utilities (PUT): a key driver for sustainable development The Utilities sector faces many structural changes due to global developments, regulatory decisions and technological innovation and also the way public authorities and employers react to these changes.
Jun. 30, 2014 EN FR ES EL Eurozone President and Dutch Finance Minister Dijsselbloem suffers crushing defeat in Greek saga The privatization of the Greek water companies in Athens and Thessaloniki has been frozen.
Jun. 25, 2014 European Commission starts to implement its response to ECI The European Commission has launched a consultation on the quality of drinking water supply in response to the ECI right2water
May. 19, 2014 Victory for democracy, Suez must listen to the people of Thessaloniki! European Federation of Public Service Unions (EPSU) - Press Communication – 19 May 2014 (Greek & French translation below) The citizens of Thessaloniki held a self-organised referendum on the privatisation
May. 18, 2014 Right to water condemns Greek government for obstructing water referendum! Yesterday the Greek government declared “illegal” the self organised water referendum threatening the organizers with arrest for “obstructing the electoral process”.
May. 14, 2014 Water turns back into public hands in Montpellier Water is a public good! It is essential for life.
May. 14, 2014 EPSU supports No vote in Thessaloniki Water Referendum; asks Suez Environment to respect outcome The Greek government wants to sell the water and sanitation company of Thessaloniki.
May. 09, 2014 Citizens of Thessaloniki prepare for referendum on water The citizens of Thessaloniki have organized themselves a popular referendum to give the chance to the people to express their opinion on the sale of the local publicly owned water company EYATH.
May. 08, 2014 Municipality, Political parties, Civil Society organisations and Trade Unions sign agreement for a public water management in Zaragoza, Spain Wednesday 7 May the signing ceremony took place in a crowded city hall in Zaragoza.