How the European Citizens’ Initiative ‘Water and Sanitation is a Human Right!’ Changed EU Discourse on Water Services Provision

Country	Total signatures	Minimum signatories required EU
Austria	64,836	14,250
Belgium	40,912	16,500
Bulgaria	1,602	13,500
Cyprus	3,561	4,500
Czech Republic	7,986	16,500
Denmark	3,547	9,750
Estonia	1,245	4,500
Finland	15,200	9,750
France	22,969	55,500
Germany	1,341,061	74,250
Greece	35,720	16,500
Hungary	20,107	16,500
Ireland	2,959	9,000
Italy	67,484	54,750
Latvia	450	6,750
Lithuania	14,048	9,000
Luxembourg	5,698	4,500
Malta	1,703	4,500
Netherlands	22,065	19,500
Poland	4,807	38,250
Portugal	15,588	16,500
Romania	3,211	24,750
Slovakia	35,075	9,750
Slovenia	21,330	6,000
Spain	65,484	40,500
Sweden	12,258	15,000
United Kingdom	8,578	54,750
Total	1,840,486	1,000,000

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.36633/ulr.568 | Journal eISSN: 1871-515X

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Language: English

Page range: 48 - 59

Published on: Oct 30, 2020

Published by: Utrecht University School of Law

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Keywords:

European Citizens’ Initiative,

privatization,

European Commission,

Drinking Water Directive,

“Right2Water”,

Concession Directive,

social movements

© 2020 Jerry van den Berge, Rutgerd Boelens, Jeroen Vos, published by Utrecht University School of Law
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

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