European Parliament
President.
If the Commissioner will allow me, we will spend a little longer than twenty minutes in order to take advantage of the time saved with other Commissioners, if you are in agreement. A little more than twenty minutes.
Question No 31 by Michl Ebner 
Subject: Drinking water in developing countries and industrialised countries
Many countries, particularly developing countries, have no safe water supply. Very often this is the cause of a variety of diseases and of the high infant mortality rate in third world countries.
What development aid measures is the European Commission taking in order to provide people in third world countries with access to clean drinking water?
The drinking water problem is now affecting the industrialised countries as well, however. In these countries people must be made aware of the need to save precious drinking water resources. What steps is the European Commission taking in this area? What steps has it already taken?

