Following up on the own-initiative opinion on “Blue Diplomacy and Water cooperation: solutions to relieve the pressure of climate induced migration” the REX section received from the Commission a request to elaborate an exploratory opinion on "Water diplomacy in action: restoring the global hydrological cycle".
The exploratory opinion examines territorial supply constraints as an ongoing obstacle to the effective functioning of the EU Single Market. Taking into account the EESC’s work on Single Market integration and enforcement, the opinion responds to renewed political efforts to remove market fragmentation, with a focus on strengthening enforcement against barriers to cross-border trade.
This initiative seeks to revise EU CO₂ emission standards for new cars and vans to support a fact-based, economically viable and socially fair transition toward zero-emission mobility.
