WATER LIBERALISATION
November 1st, 2002
BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE EUROPEAN Commission has publicly backed the growing privatisation of Europe's water utilities, with its internal market commissioner backing British government moves to inject competition into its national sector.Indeed, Frits Bolkestein defended the much-maligned record of privatised water services in the UK, blaming the price rises in the 1990's on a failure to ensure private water companies could compete and previous government neglect."The sector was in a state of severe neglect - and in government hands," he said, adding privatising a ...
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