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"This report puts forward very serious proposals, such as including water in the internal market, marking a clear change in position from previous resolutions by Parliament, which took the view that ‘the management of water resources should not be subject to internal market rules’, a position advocated by countless organisations and unions, including the European Federation of Public Service Unions.
Now Parliament refers to ‘the need to adapt internal market rules to the distinctive characteristics of the water sector’, an approach that marks another step towards the privatisation of the water sector and water services. We regret the rejection of the alternative motion for a resolution that we tabled; a resolution focused on protecting the right to water and the public management, possession and ownership of this precious common good and the associated services. Instead, this report opens the door to the interests of transnational water companies and to the privatisation and commoditisation of this unique and irreplaceable resource. Those are the interests that the Group of the European People’s Party (Christian Democrats) and the Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament are defending. Naturally, we voted against."@en1
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