Right to water in Slovenia – Article of the Constitution

Without colour, without taste and without an owner – water is freedom!

In our Civil Initiative for Slovenia and Freedom we are aware that the economy needs water and we do not object. But since it is a rare (scarce) natural resource and therefore attractive to the market commodity and large corporations, it was necessary to protect drinking water. So now the…

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Kaj se bo zgodilo z vaškimi vodovodi?

Na včerajšnji razpravi v Državnem zboru se je odprlo vprašanje statusa samooskrbinih vodovodov, točneje vaških vodovodov, ki oskrbujejo prebivalstvo na območjih, kjer ni javnega vodovoda. Na primer v občini Kamnik je takšnih vodovodov kar 16 in oskrbujejo dobrih 5000 ljudi od 30.000 kolikor je prebivalcev občine. V Civilni iniciativi, smo…

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Slovenia adds water to constitution as fundamental right for all

Without colour, without taste and without an owner – water is freedom!

Slovenia has amended its constitution to make access to drinkable water a fundamental right for all citizens and stop it being commercialised. With 64 votes in favour and none against, the 90-seat parliament added an article to the EU country’s constitution saying “everyone has the right to drinkable water. The right…

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