The European Water Resilience Strategy

Wording as published by the EP, in English.

1. Amendment 2Adopted

   Paragraph 10 a (new)

   Tabled by Thomas Bajada, Tiemo Wölken, Javi López +104 · Members

   Added: 10a. Stresses that no one, whether in public places or private establishments, should be denied access to water supplied from a distribution network intended for human consumption, where available;

2. Amendment 4Adopted

   Paragraph 42

   Tabled by Thomas Bajada, Peter Liese, Tiemo Wölken +101 · Members

   42. Insists that essential uses of Removed: PFAS, for example for Added: PFAS in critical sectors, such as medical devices, pharmaceuticals and products necessary for the Removed: transition to climate neutrality, are not endangered; Added: twin transition to a climate neutral and digital economy, are not endangered in the context of upcoming legislative and non-legislative proposals; calls on the Commission to propose to phase out forever chemicals (PFAS) Removed: in consumer goods with proven concerns for Added: – starting with consumer goods – linked to harmful effects on human health and the environment, Removed: and only Added: based on scientific evidence, allowing their use where there are Removed: safe alternatives; Added: no safe alternatives; underlines the need to scale up investments and accelerate the research and development of equivalent and safe alternatives;

3. Amendment 4Adopted

   Paragraph 42

   Tabled by Thomas Bajada, Peter Liese, Tiemo Wölken +101 · Members

   42. Insists that essential uses of Removed: PFAS, for example for Added: PFAS in critical sectors, such as medical devices, pharmaceuticals and products necessary for the Removed: transition to climate neutrality, are not endangered; Added: twin transition to a climate neutral and digital economy, are not endangered in the context of upcoming legislative and non-legislative proposals; calls on the Commission to propose to phase out forever chemicals (PFAS) Removed: in consumer goods with proven concerns for Added: – starting with consumer goods – linked to harmful effects on human health and the environment, Removed: and only Added: based on scientific evidence, allowing their use where there are Removed: safe alternatives; Added: no safe alternatives; underlines the need to scale up investments and accelerate the research and development of equivalent and safe alternatives;

4. Amendment 5Rejected

   Recital R a (new)

   Tabled by Tamás Deutsch, Csaba Dömötör, Viktória Ferenc +72 · Members

   Added: Ra. whereas agriculture is an essential sector in protecting the environment and ensuring the sustainability of ecosystems; whereas farmers play a fundamental role in sustainable water management by maintaining agricultural landscapes, preserving groundwater and actively helping to combat erosion and desertification; whereas farmers need to be supported in the transition to more resilient and water-efficient practices;

5. Amendment 6Rejected

   Recital AL a (new)

   Tabled by Tamás Deutsch, Csaba Dömötör, Viktória Ferenc +72 · Members

   Added: ALa. whereas building dams and dykes and cleaning riverbeds are critical interventions in flood risk mitigation;

6. Amendment 7Rejected

   Paragraph 14

   Tabled by Tamás Deutsch, Csaba Dömötör, Viktória Ferenc +72 · Members

   … covering all water uses, including industry, energy, agriculture, public institutions and households; Added: calls for further red tape and excessive regulatory burdens to be avoided; underlines the fact that these targets should be ambitious yet adaptable, taking …

7. Amendment 8Rejected

   Paragraph 21

   Tabled by Tamás Deutsch, Csaba Dömötör, Viktória Ferenc +72 · Members

   … fertilisers efficiently, improve the hydrological cycle, enhance groundwater recharge and adapt to Removed: lower water use; considers that technological solutions can also include measures that can increase water absorption, infiltration and retention in agricultural systems, which are important amid increasing occurrences of both drought and heavy rains; Added: efficient water use; recalls that the average share of water use for irrigation presents significant differences across Member States; stresses that a ‘one size fits all’ approach is not appropriate and would create unnecessary and unjustifiable bureaucratic constraints and red tape in certain regions;

8. Amendment 9Rejected

   Paragraph 25 a (new)

   Tabled by Tamás Deutsch, Csaba Dömötör, Viktória Ferenc +72 · Members

   Added: 25a. Underlines that the role of farmers in Europe as the main environmental protectors and guarantors of food sovereignty must be respected, and calls for the elimination of all restrictions on access to water resources that prevent them from carrying out their activities properly; deplores the fact that farmers are often accused of being the main cause of water management problems, whereas, in reality, they are the ones most affected by droughts and other extreme weather events; stresses that farmers should be considered not as consumers but as users of water that is displaced within the hydrological cycle; calls for a balanced approach, based on consultation between agricultural stakeholders, public authorities and civil society, to address water challenges in a fair and pragmatic manner;

9. Amendment 10Rejected

   Paragraph 27 a (new)

   Tabled by Tamás Deutsch, Csaba Dömötör, Viktória Ferenc +72 · Members

   Added: 27a. Calls for an increase in water availability in water-stressed areas for all sectors at the local and regional level, ensuring that water basins are interconnected where possible and minimum river flows are respected;

10. Amendment 11Rejected

    Paragraph 55 a (new)

    Tabled by Tamás Deutsch, Csaba Dömötör, Viktória Ferenc +72 · Members

    Added: 55a. Requests specific exemptions from the WFD and its ‘daughter’ directives (the Groundwater Directive and the Environmental Quality Standards Directive), as well as the Marine Strategy Framework Directive and the EU Nature Restoration Law1a, in order to allow, among other things, the construction of infrastructure, including that necessary to prevent floods, or the development of large housing projects to address the current housing crisis; stresses that the construction of this infrastructure would have prevented the disaster that occurred in Valencia in October 2024; _______________________ 1a Regulation (EU) 2024/1991 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 June 2024 on nature restoration and amending Regulation (EU) 2022/869, OJ L, 2024/1991, 29.7.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/1991/oj.

11. Amendment 12Rejected

    Paragraph 55 b (new)

    Tabled by Tamás Deutsch, Csaba Dömötör, Viktória Ferenc +72 · Members

    Added: 55b. Is concerned about the fact that the outermost regions of the European Union face specific challenges in terms of water management, particularly due to the scarcity of water resources, the dilapidation of infrastructure and increased vulnerability to the effects of extreme weather events; urges the Commission and the Member States concerned to prioritise the funding of specific programmes for the renovation of the water infrastructure of the outermost regions, the creation of suitable water reserves, including desalination units, the reuse of treated wastewater, and the collection and storage of rainwater to guarantee equitable access to water;

12. Amendment 13Rejected

    Paragraph 62 a (new)

    Tabled by Tamás Deutsch, Csaba Dömötör, Viktória Ferenc +72 · Members

    Added: 62a. Emphasises that controlling the flow of water and water storage for irrigation are the basis of all human activity as they play an essential role in ensuring access to water for people, meeting agricultural needs, and supporting electricity production; underlines that delays to and blocking of water irrigation and retention projects pose serious threats to food security and are detrimental to the general interest;