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"Mr President, the 6th World Water Forum, where the main water markets come together, is currently taking place. It is therefore not a unique platform for dialogue as our resolution says. Alongside this, an alternative forum is taking place where the fundamental issue is the right to water. For water is a resource unlike any other; it is a natural resource like the air or the sun. It is essential to life, and not just human life. Water does not belong to anyone. It cannot be owned, even publicly. It cannot be a source of profit.
What is being called into question is the management of this water, of water that is useful to human beings. There is dramatic abuse in this regard on the part of public-private partnerships within our countries. Water is becoming more and more expensive while its quality is not improving. We must ask ourselves about the European Union’s responsibilities, particularly with regard to abuse as a result of public service concessions. It is time to react, to take a comprehensive approach and I, for my part, am pleased that in France a number of local authorities have decided to regain control of their water management at local level."@en1
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