AT THE BARRICADES

* Italy may be on the verge of rejecting private involvement in the water sector (see story p14), as momentum behind the so-called Lanzillotta Decree gathers pace.

Banning private water companies from competing for tenders is probably against EU law, but the government, which is dependent on a small number of extreme left MPs for its survival, could yet adopt the measure. Italians should look across to what is happening in the US wastewater sector. Public wastewater authorities appear to be failing on a massive scale to ...

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