Union water campaign wins award
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The trade union Right2Water campaign has won the best campaign of the year award at the European civic forum, a transnational European network of over 100 civil society organisations from across the EU. Citizens from all over Europe were able to vote for campaigns, with Right2Water securing victory with the help of support from IMPACT members. The campaign, spearheaded by the European Federation of Public Service Unions (EPSU), attracted over 1.8 million signatures from European citizens who backed the union call to establish water and sanitation services as a human right. As a result, the European Commission is bound to consider the campaign’s proposals to prevent the privatisation of water services under new rules established in the Nice Treaty. The award was presented to Anne-Marie Perret, President of the European Citizens Committee and President of EPSU, last weekend. Ms Perret drew attention to the European Citizens’ Initiatives call for the European Commission to present legislation to introduce the human right to water and sanitation in the EU.
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