MEPs debate and call for increased action to preserve and improve EU water resources, already affected by several years of dry conditions and diminishing groundwater levels. The impact of the emerging drought is already visible in France, Spain, and northern Italy and raise concerns about water supply for human use, agriculture, and energy production. For several decades, the EU has developed a framwork for preventing and mitigating water scarcity and nox, the Parliament and the Member States are currently working on a revision of several EU water policy measures, following a proposal on integrated water management of surface and groundwater pollutants. Closing statement by Kadri SIMSON, European Commissioner for Energy.

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SIMSON, Kadri (EE, EC)

The water crisis in Europe: closing statement by Kadri SIMSON, European Commissioner for Energy

SOUNDBITE (Original), Kadri SIMSON, European Commissioner for Energy