Sustainability and non-retrogression in the realisation of the rights to water and sanitation 2013, para. 31
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Since 2010 cuts in public expenditure have been the most common reaction to the crisis in Europe. Budget consolidation plans have been introduced, inter alia, in Ireland, Greece, Portugal and Spain, with decreased public expenditure programmes introduced at the request of the European Central Bank, the European Commission, and the International Monetary Fund.
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Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation