The European Commission is drafting a green paper on how to integrate water management and climate change into wider EU policy-making in the agricultural, transport and industry sectors, with the German and Portuguese environment ministers warning that unless water becomes a "mainstream" political issue Europe's economy will pay the cost.
The green paper - a first draft of potential future legislation designed to stimulate public debate - will be out by the middle of 2007, EU official ...
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Already a member? Login hereAndrew Rettman is EUobserver's Foreign Affairs Editor. He has been writing about foreign and security affairs for EUobserver since 2005. He is Polish but grew up in the UK. He has also written for The Guardian, The Telegraph, and The Times of London.
Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's Foreign Affairs Editor. He has been writing about foreign and security affairs for EUobserver since 2005. He is Polish but grew up in the UK. He has also written for The Guardian, The Telegraph, and The Times of London.