Following its plenary session on Thursday 20 June, the European Committee of the Regions (CoR) is calling on the European Commission to make water a strategic priority for its next mandate (2024-2029) and to appoint a European Commissioner in charge of the water portfolio.
The opinion adopted by the CoR calls on the Commission to “integrate water-related objectives into all European sectoral policies”. The European Commissioner responsible for the water portfolio could then “oversee...