European Parliament
Vairinhos (PSE ),
in writing
(PT)
Water quality in seas and rivers throughout Europe and all over the world is crucial to people’s welfare.
Political decision-making should not be faltering, fragile or equivocal.
The Council, the Commission and Parliament should assume a united, clear and unbending stance to ensure that cases like the
Prestige
disaster do not happen again. Never again!
We cannot and must not underestimate the value of strengthening vessels’ hulls, monitoring their routes (shipping lanes), a high degree of professionalism among their crews, moving shipping lanes further out to sea, and of using corridors correctly.

