The modalities to be adopted to guarantee all EU citizens the right of access to clean and safe tap water will be submitted to the European Parliament for a vote on Tuesday 23 October in Strasbourg, when MEPs will vote on the proposed revision of the European Directive on the quality of water intended for human consumption (98/83/EC) and for the opening of negotiations with the Council on this text.
The vote is expected because the proposal submitted in February had a twofold objective:...