Water Group

Cristina Gutierrez-Cortines

Promoting sustainable water management

Chair: MEP Cristina Gutierrez-Cortines (Spain, EPP, ENVI Committee)

Born on 17 December 1939 in Spain, MEP Cristina Gutierrez-Cortines is member of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety and the Delegation for relations with the countries of Southeast Asia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. Member of the European Parliament since 1999, she was Minister of Education and Culture in the Murcia Regional Government from 1995 to 1999.

The “Water” Group will notably address the following issues:

Ø      Water use efficiency/Water shortage

Ø      Water quality

Ø      Water footprint

Ø      Use of natural resources

Ø      Hydropower energy

Ø      Global governance of water

Ø      European Water Framework Directive