Hr. formand, rammedirektivet for vandpolitikken er efter min faste overbevisning, og det har en række kolleger også sagt, en af de allervigtigste dele af miljølovgivningen, som Parlamentet i de seneste år har vedtaget.
Mr President, it is my strong belief - and it has already been expressed by a number of fellow MEPs - that the Water Framework Directive is one of the most crucial pieces of environmental legislation which Parliament has adopted in the last few years.