Tu n’as pas pu rater Guy Verhofstadt éructant contre Tsipras au Parlement européen il y a deux semaines :
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Portrait du type en mai 2014 : il est membre du conseil d’administration d’une multinationale qui veut profiter de la privatisation du service de l’eau en Grèce
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Guy Verhofstadt, candidate for EU Commission president, sits on the board of a multinational looking to gain from the privatization of water utilities in Greece.
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Guy Verhofstadt, GDF Suez and the privatization of Greek water
But there’s more to it. Sofina, according to its own statements, has a stake in the energy multinational, GDF Suez. Indeed its impact is so important that the fund has a seat on the board of Suez. Now, the plot thickens: Suez’s full subsidiary, Suez Environnement (in which Sofina also holds a stake ) is participating in one of the two consortia that in Greece have reached the final phase of the privatization of EYATH, the state-owned company that manages the water services for Thessaloniki, the second biggest Greek city.
In its bid for the Greek water company, Suez is not alone. It is complemented by Aktor, one of the most powerful business groups in Greece, with a leading role in construction, highway concessions, waste management and… now water. Aktor is controlled by a Greek family with a pivotal role in the so called ‘triangle of power ’, a nexus of media, business and politics in Greece. By most forecasts the Suez - Aktor consortium is considered the favorite to win the bid.
In Greece’s ’rotten’ politics we have a word for the conflict of interests that plagues the political world: ‘diaploki’, which literally means intertwined interests. How far from this definition does Mr Verhofstadt’s paradigm stand?
