The water is running out. Now the hard times begin.

The European Commission presented a new initiative on June 4th: the Water Resilience Strategy. For the first time, water is being placed at the heart of European policy – and all sectors are being called upon to take a stand.

This strategy comes to fill a gap. Although the EU has a Water Directive, there has been no coherent approach to water as a critical strategic resource under pressure.

The new strategy includes eight axes with objectives, such as reducing consumption by 30% by 2030, reusing water, preventing flood risks, protecting groundwater reserves and restoring the natural water cycle.

Find out more in the article by Vasilis Pyrgiotis, Head of the Brussels office of GAIA EPICHEIREIN, in the Greek newspaper Ypaithros Chora.

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