Spain turns back the clock
- From: Vol 13, Issue 1 (January 2012)
- Category: General
- Region: Europe
- Country: Spain
- Related Companies: FENACORE
The appointment of an agricultural champion as Spain’s new environment minister could herald something of a volte-face for Spanish water policy, writes Richard Weyndling.
Spain’s agricultural sector, which accounts for about 80% of national water consumption, has warmly welcomed the December 21 appointment of Miguel Arias Cañete as agriculture and environment minister in Mariano Rajoy’s recently elected conservative People’s Party (PP) government.
The national irrigators’ federation FENACORE described Cañete, who was in charge of agriculture between 2000 and 2004 ...
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