Madrid welcomes careful drivers
- From: Vol 9, Issue 5 (May 2008)
- Category: General
- Region: Europe
- Related Companies: Acciona, Agbar, Copisa, Enron and Sacyr
Agriculture heavyweights have taken control of water policy after the latest Spanish government reshuffle. A penchant for water transfers could have implications for the country’s desalination programme.
Newly re-elected Spanish prime minister José Luís Rodríguez Zapatero has sacked Cristina Narbona, Spain’s environment minister for the last four years, replacing her with former agriculture minister, Elena Espinosa, who has been given charge of a merged environment, rural and maritime affairs super-ministry.
The shake-up is of particular significance for water policy, because responsibility for this has been handed ...
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