Founding member of the Italian Forum of Water Movements and one of the promoters of the successful 2011 Italian referendum against the privatization of water utilities: "Firstly, this is a matter of civilization. Universal access to water and sanitation is a basic human right, recognised by the UN General Assembly: now we ask the EU to act in line with this position, embracing and implementing such a fundamental right. This means stopping and immediately reversing the privatization of water utilities and the resulting commodification of water itself. But this is also a matter of democracy: the people of Europe should decide, and not the Troika, which follows the destructive prescriptions of neoliberal economics and exploits the crisis to destroy social rights and to privatize common goods and public services. Two years ago, in a popular Referendum, 27 million Italians voted against the privatization of water utilities and of local public services. This overwhelming victory shows us clearly that there is no such thing as a pre-ordained destiny: if we have the will, if we are capable of organizing, then we can defeat neoliberal policies. That is why it is now so crucial to sign and support the ECI on water, as the ECI is the first tool - however weak - of direct democratic participation provided at the European level, which gives voice to the people on what type of Europe we want: a Union based on real democracy, universal rights, common goods and public services for all. As citizens we can sign the ECI and become “legislators”, because we have no intention of letting the financial markets and the economic powers decide what our future should be"

General Secretary PASYDY Trade Union (Cyprus): "I sign for the Human Right to Water"

Schepen van Openbare Werken en Mobiliteit in Gent, Belgium: "Water: onze publieke verantwoordelijkheid".

Mayor of Brussels (Belgium)

President of the Republic of Poland from 1995 to 2005: "With pleasure I take under my honorary patronage this European Citizens’ Initiative, as important for humanitarian reasons. I would like to accentuate, that this initiative is consistent with the resolution of United Nations General Assembly from 28th July 2010, which declared, that the right to water and sanitation is the right of every human being"

German Künstler und Autor: "Wasser gleich Leben, Wasserlassen gleich Lebenlassen"

Adjoint au maire de Paris, chargé de Paris Métropole & des relations avec les collectivités territoriales d'Ile de France : "L'eau est à nous"

Directrice générale de l’intercommunale belge Vivaqua et Administratrice déléguée d’Aqua Publica Europea: «Au sein d’Aqua Publica Europea, association qui regroupe les principaux acteurs publics de l’eau européens, je me bats pour que l’eau, bien public, reste entre les mains du public. » Christiane Franck, directeur-generaal van de Belgische intercommunale Vivaqua en gedelegeerd bestuurder van Aqua Publica Europea, steunt de actie 'right2water'. "Binnen Aqua Publica Europea, de Europese vereniging van de openbare wateroperatoren, strijd ik ervoor dat het beheer van het water, als openbaar goed, in handen van de openbare sector blijft".

Chairman OSDLV (Czech Republic): "I want all people to have fair access to water at reasonable prices. I do not want any exorbitant sums to be paid for water after the privatization - as in the Czech Republic - where since the privatization prices has risen enormously due to the greed of multinational companies. All people should have the access to water and to meet their personal needs no matter what their income situation is." "Chci, aby všichni lidé m?li spravedlivý p?ístup k vod? za rozumné ceny. Nechci, aby se za vodu po privatizaci platili nehorázné sumy, jako tomu je v ?eské republice, kdy po privatizaci se neúm?rn? zvedli ceny ohledn? zisk? nadnárodních spole?ností. Všichni lidé by m?li mít šanci si koupit vodu a splnit si své osobní pot?eby bez ohledu na to, jaká je jejich situace.

Vice-President Federatia Sanitas (Romania): "To be able to live and work, I drink public water"

Sénateur Nord Pas-de-Calais : "Une maitrise publique des sources d’énergie et de celle de l’eau est la seule garantie pour que chaque être humain en France et dans le monde puisse avoir librement accès à ces ressources vitales, bien commun de tous"

Mayor of Leicester (UK)

Präsident der Allianz der öffentlichen Wasserwirtschaft e. V. (AöW) und Vorstandsvorsitzender Emschergenossenschaft/Lippeverband: "Wasser ist unser Lebenselixier – ein Gut, das wir schützen und bewahren wollen. Für die Menschen und die Umwelt. Die AöW lehnt die Liberalisierung und Privatisierung der Wasserwirtschaft ab. Wasser gehört in die öffentliche Hand!"

Mayor of Ljubljana : »Ljubljana je mesto, ki se lahko pohvali s čisto pitno vodo, in na to smo zelo ponosni. Na mestne ulice smo celo postavili javne pitnike ter tako našim meščanom in obiskovalcem v toplejših mesecih omogočili brezplačno odžejanje. Ker se zavedamo, da je kakovostna voda javno dobro in človekova pravica, ne sme preiti v upravljanje zasebnikom. Zato bomo v Ljubljani zagotovili, da voda ostane dostopna vsem.« "Ljubljana is a city that boasts of having clean drinking water, and this is something we can be proud of. We have even set up drinking fountains on the city streets and thereby enabled our residents and visitors to have a drink free of charge in the warmer months. As we are aware that good-quality drinking water is a public good and a human right we cannot allow it to be privatised. Therefore we in Ljubljana will ensure that water remains accessible to all".

Entertainer, Denmark: "I sign for the right to Water"