European Parliament calls to make access to water basic human right - Boylan

The European Parliament is demanding that the EU Commission recognises that affordable access to water is a basic human right. The MEPs want the EU to follow up on a European Citizens’ Initiative which saw almost two million people sign a petition demanding the EU introduce laws that would make access to water and sanitation a human right. The Sinn Fein MEP Lynn Boylan, who led the campaign to push the vote through the Parliament, says it reinforces the need to ensure profits are not made from public commodities such as water. 

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