Yesterday, 25 January 2012, the EP Water Group hold a meeting in the Tirol representation in Brussels on the Danish priorities for the water sector. Ms Ida Auken, Danish Minister of Environment, presented the main priorities the presidency will put forwards in the next six months in front of 115 participants.Ms Ida Auken stressed the need of tight cooperation with the different stakeholders and experts on water to make a difference in the environmental agenda of the EU. She pointed that the EU and the rest of the world are facing not just an economical crisis but as well a climate and resource crisis "the crises are mutually interlinked and must be solved coherently" Auken said. "No solution of the economic crisis without renewed economic growth and job creation. No economic growth and job creation in Europe without improved competitiveness – and no improved competiveness without a substantial improvement in resource efficiency."Ms Auken highlighted that water is a hot topic for next years. At the Council the priorities for the Danish presidency are: the 7th Environmental Action Programme, where the water is a priority; the RIO +20 conference with the event on water pollution and...more
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18 January 2011, Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt, former Member of the European Parliament, has presented in Strasbourg the prioritiesof the Danish presidency.In a challenging moment for Europe, the six month "Danish Presidency will work tireless (...) to ensure than the EU continues to produce tangible, useful results", says Thorning-Schmidt. She claimed for an active cooperation from all stakeholders; Member States, European institutions and civil society, as well the need of a united European Union to overcome challenges.The Prime Minister highlighted the Presidency's four priorities fo a responsible, dynamic, greener and safer Europe. Commiting herself to achieve those priorities, she pointed out the main challenges of the EU as considering Europe part of the solution and not the problem. In a unify Europe everybody has to work to make it advance.Next week the Danish Minister of Environment, will address the EP Water Group to the priorities on water field.View the Prime Minister's full speech here....more
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Monday 28th November MEP Dr Richard Seeber, president of the EP Water Group, hosted the November meeting on the priorities of the Polish Presidency in the water sector. Around 75 participants from European Commission, European and Social Committee and different NGOs and water associations attended the meeting where the keynote speaker was Mrs. Adriana Dembowska, Deputy Director in the National Water Management Authority.Mrs. Dembowska highlighted the importance of water as link actor in the environmental area; there is no biodiversity without water. She stressed the efforts that as new member Poland has to make to complete the first circle on the implementation of the River Basin Management Plans (RBMPs). She mentioned, from the Polish perspectives the lack of in deep analysis in the Fitness Check that the consultancy agency has made for the Commission. Mrs. Dembowska expressed as well the need of improvement of the water management in Europe and sharing this experience in other areas such as development countries and the importance of the cooperation with other areas outside Europe at regional level (i.e. Baltic See catchment area). She mentioned the importance that water...more
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