Save Greek Water

On Sunday May 19th at 19:00 at Metamorfosi Square, central square of Moschato, the Citizens Movement of Moschato “Mesopotamia” organizes an open discussion with members of SAVEGREEKWATER on the issue of water privatization. At the beginning of the discussion there will be a short screening of the German ten-minute “Monitor” with information about the role of the European Commission in privatization and the 7 min short film «No means No» produced by worldgrapher.com in collaboration with SAVEGREEKWATER, which will act as a stimulus for the discussion

An insightful article published on the site of the Institute of International and European Affairs which explains the dynamics of the water management “war” in Europe and mentions also the greek case.

On the 2nd of May, Movement 136 held a press conference presenting their basic strategy on entering the TAIPED tender for the sale of EYATH. Watch the 30 min video.

Four groups declared today their (non-binding) intent to buy 51% of the EYATh share. Suez cooperating with local mega-contractor Bobolas was no surprise to anyone, as was Veolia’s backing off; the latter seems to have decided to withdraw from Europe if such can be discerned from the selling of its Portugal business to a Chinese company

In an impressive strategy move, Movement 136 from Thessaloniki, finds the funds needed to participate in the tender for the sale of EYATH. Despite the doubts in theory as for example the fact that since the company is public we are already all “shareholders” , so basically we re-buy something that belongs to us already, and despite other reservations regarding the “noble intentions” of the funders, from a realistic prospect, this move is an answer in “market” terms so that the water company of Thessaloniki does not pass easily into the hands of Suez and Aktor. It’s probably a checkmate move in a condition where the unconstitutionality and the legal struggles but also the democratic consensus of citizens is “postponed” for the future, and where the state of emergency has become nothing less than permanent. Hopefully the referendum announced by the municipality of Thessaloniki will be also decisive for not privatizing the company eventually, though unfortunately it is not legally binding for the government.

INKA, the oldest consumers union in Greece published a press release against the privatization of water services and the commercialization of our natural resource. We hope that soon other consumer unions will publish similar announcements

A Referendum against the privatization was unanimously decided by the municipality of Thessaloniki at the same day of the deadline for expressions of interest for the sale of EVATH.Thessalonians answered in the most democratic way to authoritarian decisions of the European economic elite and their willing collaborators of greek interests , that plunder the corpse of the devasteted Greek society and have now decided to get their hands on the monopoly of water, one with certain profits and abundant state subsidies.

A press conference of the coordinating committee of citizens and organizations "SOSte the water" held on 24/4 at the Labour Centre of Thessaloniki in which spoke members of the coordinating committee Archontopoulos George, president of the Association of Workers EYATh and John Krestenitis Professor at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. Panagiotis Avramopoulos, President of the [...]