Socialist Party (Netherlands)

Mayor of Brussels (Belgium)

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

Swimmer in the Estonian Olympic team: "Water is health and I need that to training"

Professor at Zaragoza University, Spain: "Deberíamos introducir el derecho humano al agua potable y al saneamiento básico en nuestras constituciones y leyes fundamentales, como han hecho ya varios países latinoamericanos. La UE debería hacer lo propio, reformando la Directiva Marco de Aguas; y no sólo por lo que significaría de cara a los propios países de la Unión, sino también por el eco que tendría a nivel mundial y las implicaciones que deberían derivarse en lo referente a nuestra responsabilidades globales."

The Trade Union of State and Self-Government Institutions Workers- ROTAL(Estonia)

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

President of the European Anti-Poverty Network, Belgium. “Everybody has a basic right to clean, safe water at an affordable price. This is a fundamental human right. EAPN members increasingly highlight rising prices and declining standards of water in many countries, as with other key public services, often as result of liberalisation and privatization, without safeguards for guaranteeing social rights and standards. EAPN strongly supports this campaign to safeguard water as a key public good, a cornerstone of a progressive social and sustainable EU, and a key tool in the fight against poverty”

General Secretary European Public Health Alliance (EPHA), Poland: "Water and sanitation services cannot be treated as an ordinary commodity when they are so essential to life itself. People cannot live without water, children do not grow up healthily. Access to drinking water is a very basic requirement, a fundamental human right. And yet in Europe, water and sanitation services are increasingly privatized, making their access more difficult for people who cannot pay for them"

Mayor of Moita (Portugal) and President of AIA (Associação Intermunicipal de Água da Região de Setúbal): “É uma honra e um dever associar-me a esta ação de autarcas, Presidentes de Câmara Europeus. Eu apoio e já assinei a ICE “A Água e o Saneamento É Um Direito Humano” apelo para que todos vós, meus concidadãos, façam o mesmo. A água é um direito, não é um negócio. É possível um mundo melhor e mais justo! É possível um mundo em que todos os seres humanos tenham acesso à água e ao saneamento. Vamos dar corpo a este sonho realizável!”

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"

Emeritus Professor at Delft University of Technology, Netherlands: "Quality public water services are an indispensable part of modern society. They require high skills and knowledge and a balanced consideration of the interests of consumers, governments, workers and the environment!"

President of CITUB Trade Union (Bulgaria): "The right to water? -This is the human right to life!"

ABVAKABO FNV Trade Union (Netherlands): “A dignified life starts with water”

Secrétaire Générale, OBUSSAS – Observatoire des Usagers de l’Assainissement en Ile-de-France: « Alors que l’ONU a reconnu le droit à l’eau et à l’assainissement comme un droit fondamental de l’Homme, il est plus qu’urgent qu’en France comme en Europe le droit à l’eau devienne une réalité pour toutes et tous. »