Water is much more than a finite natural resource that will become the most important basic product in the future. It is a public good, a universal right and a human right. The GUE/NGL Group in the European Parliament will not take no for an answer and is campaigning for the European Commission to take action on the citizens’ initiative (ECI) "right2water" and transpose this right into EU law.
Opposing the privatisation of water is, according to GUE/NGL MEPs, a matter of democracy. As...