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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9493

4 September 2007
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/environment
Informal Lisbon Council determined to use framework directive to the full in order to tackle drought - total solidarity with Greece

Brussels, 03/09/2007 (Agence Europe) - Despite not having made any spectacular progress towards a genuine European water management policy to deal with scarcity of water, the informal Council of ministers of the EU under the Portuguese presidency tackled the problem of drought and water shortages and this marks a turning point. The two days of discussions on 1st September in Brussels ended with a unanimous wish to use Community legislation to the full in an effort to more effectively deal...

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