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What changed between the draft committee report and the plenary report

From · draft committee report· 29 Jan 2025

ENVI-PR-766919

on the European Water Resilience Strategy

To · plenary report· 16 Apr 2025

A-10-2025-0073

on the European Water Resilience Strategy

AI:What changed, in short

The report expands significantly, adding many new recitals and paragraphs on water scarcity, pollution, climate adaptation, and funding.3478 It introduces new calls for integrating water into EU policies, enhancing water efficiency, and addressing industrial and agricultural water use.6789 It adds detailed provisions on PFAS, pharmaceuticals, microplastics, and other pollutants, calling for stricter standards and monitoring.413 It emphasizes climate adaptation, drought and flood management, and nature-based solutions, with new paragraphs on desertification and infrastructure.1314 The other changes are formal or wording: updated citations, rephrased recitals, and renumbered paragraphs.12511

10 changes of substance · 1 formal · 3 of wording only

Written by AI from the two texts only · read the changes before relying on it · 4 Sept 2026 · Report a problem

+206 added · −44 removed · 14 changed paragraphs, packaging included.

Part 6 of 7: Paragraphs 301–305

Added:113. Urges the Commission to implement a specific diplomatic role dedicated to resolving water-related conflicts, promoting water cooperation and protecting water sources and systems, particularly during armed conflicts and in transboundary contexts;

Added:114. Urges the EU to lead international efforts to protect and restore water ecosystems in line with the SDG 6 on clean water and sanitation;

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115. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council and the Commission.