European Parliament
McAvan (PSE ).
Mr President, I voted against Amendment No 5 to the Lannoye report because of assurances given by the Commission that it was not factually correct and that it had not asked developing countries for binding commitments in relation to privatising their water industry. Developing countries should be free – as we are – to choose whether or not they have privatised or public utilities to provide their water services. I hope the Commission is making sure that remains the case and is not asking for such binding commitments.

