Is Greece's government privatizing water?

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This is our weekly round-up from Greece.

The country celebrates its National Day, the beginning of the Greek Revolution on 25 March 1821, under a thick cloud of anger and grief over the train tragedy. It’s no time to celebrate. The government's continuing efforts for “damage control” end up in lies, to be quickly debunked, and gaslighting.

A bill that constitutes a decisive step toward water privatization was passed this week only with ND votes as the main opposition SYRIZA abstained. On the same day, a Top Administrative Court ruling was published. According to this, the government has to return water companies' stocks to the State. Giving these stocks away is against the constitution, the Court has ruled. Till this moment, not only has the government disobeyed the court, but they have also taken the next step towards water privatization.

According to a breaking NYT report, meta manager Artemis Seaford was hacked with spyware and wiretapped in Greece. The disclosure is the first known case of an American citizen being targeted in a European Union country by surveillance technology. The Greek government had made no statement on the issue until these lines were written. SYRIZA tabled a relevant Parliamentary question.