On Tuesday, 5 March, the European environment ministers will try to reach a general approach on the recasting of the drinking water directive. This is the only subject on which a formal position of the ‘Environment’ Council is expected. This session, chaired by the Romanian Minister of the Environment, Graţiela Leocadia Gavrilescu, and the Romanian Minister of Water and Forests, Ioan Deneș, will focus on discussions on the EU's future long-term climate strategy, on the environmental...