EU deal will put elderly care at risk

Elderly people’s homes in Ireland will be open to unfettered competition putting care at risk under the terms being drafted for the trade and services agreement between the EU and the US.

Water, healthcare, education, postal services, and energy could also be open to being privatised under the deals being negotiated by the European Commission with Canada and the US.

The warning comes from a study of documents from the negotiations seen by a number of trade unions, NGOs, and the lobby-watching Corporate Europe Observatory.