COMMON GOODS IN TIMES OF CRISIS – ARE WE EXPERIENCING A RENAISSANCE OF PRIVATIZATION?

Neither private entities nor the market should control our water – No “EU cross-border water infrastructure” with private investors!

For a long time, water privatization seemed to be off the agenda following the negative experiences with Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) and the success of the EU citizens' initiative Right2Water. However, the EU has now announced, both in its Strategic Agenda for 2024–2029 and through the President of the European Commission, the creation of a European long-distance water network with private investments, once again posing the risk of immediate privatization.

Topics & Speakers

What does the new “Water Resilience Strategy” and an EU cross-border water infrastructure with private investors mean for us?Dorothea Härlin (European Water Movement, EWM)

- Relevant document: EPSU & AK Europa Joint Letter to the EU Commission on Water Resilience (EN)- German Version

What were the causes and consequences of the PPP contract for the partial privatization of the…