Despite comprehensive regulations, around 60 percent of Europe's surface water and a quarter of its groundwater do not meet "good" standards. Agriculture bears most of the responsibility. First part of an in-depth investigation on our most precious resource.
Approximately 9 per cent of workers in the European Union live below the poverty line, a figure that has remained steady over the last decade. This issue affects labour-intensive households and has a particular impact on young people.
With the European recovery plan, an unprecedented amount of money is on its way to EU member states. But funds for safeguarding nature may represent less than 1 percent of the whole budget. If ecological corridors are Europe’s green veins, the continent is bleeding to death.
Does blocking roads by glueing yourself to the ground or throwing tinned soup at Old Masters help or hinder environmental awareness? In Germany, the latest crop of activists to appear on the scene, Letzte Generation, raises the question of strategy in the face of a global emergency.
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