In response to recent criticism of EU water aid policy commission officials said it is "essential" to get the private sector involved due to its "huge spending power" and the "knock-on effect" of other corporate investors following in the footsteps of water company pioneers to bring jobs and prosperity as well as basic infrastructure to deprived regions.
This shows an alarming ignorance of reality, which is that the private water companies...
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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.