Reacción a "Reactions: scientists warn of the critical state of Doñana in the face of the proposed law on the extension of irrigation systems"

It is interesting to see how EU regulations are now used to remind the countries of environmental goals they had agreed on. Something very similar happened in the Netherlands. Our government has been quick to denounce other countries whenever they do not comply with EU regulations. However, The Netherlands now has the worst water quality in the EU, and Nitrogen emissions from agriculture and other sources are much too high. It has been difficult to control pollution in our country in part due to lobbying by big corporations benefiting from the status quo. Only through pressure from the EU has change finally been initiated. Still things do not move forward much. Some of the same corporations that have long promoted the polluting forms of agriculture, now helped set up a farmers protest against regulations, and a political party supporting this movement gained many votes in the last regional elections.

I hope that Spain will proudly give The Netherlands and other countries an example to follow. Saving the charismatic Donaña wetlands before it is too late, in spite of competing short-term economical interests that may have substantial political leverage.