Brussels, 23/04/2001 (Agence Europe) - According to the WWF (World Wildlife Fund for Nature), as we previously indicated, the ecological quality of rivers in the European Union and in the accession candidate countries leaves much to be desired. Also, if nothing is done to restore these waters to the natural state, there is a significant possibility that the enlarged Union does not respect, as it should, the standards imposed by the Water Framework Directive, which requires that the Member...