“The green transition and the competitiveness are not contradictory,” says Jessica Roswal.

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Jessica Roswal is convinced that Europeans cannot bear water.

“We cannot continue like this because severe meteorological phenomena have become, in some way, the new natural.”

Europe faces a quantitative problem: drought is a problem not only in the south of the continent but also in the north. On the other hand, there were serious floods in Valencia and southwest of France.

“The water shortage of Europe, the territory of Europe, is 30 %. Therefore, we have problems with a lot of water at times, a little water, but also polluted water, so we must act.”

The goal of the coordinator is to obtain clean water at reasonable prices for everyone, including industry and farmers.

“We must be smarter in using water. How can we be more efficient? Then it is innovation too and how can we use technologies.”

Eliminate chemicals forever

Water quality is other major problems facing the committee.

The presence of Perfluoroalquilo and Polyfluoroalquilo materials (PFAS), also known as “permanent chemicals”, has accumulated in the waters of the European Union for decades, a serious risk to human health and the environment.

The European Commission says it is preparing to support the important cleaning initiative that will start in 2026.

The committee also says that it is working on a final ban to use PFAs in consumer products, including pizza boxes, cosmetics, rainwear, or fire foams.

But the situation becomes more difficult with medical products such as inhalation, surgical equipment, or articles that have no suitable alternative.

“We need to discuss how industries that you need to protect can do not leak in nature or harm the health of people in other ways,” said Roswal.

“We are working on both sides: how to use it sustainable, if it is possible to speak, but we also need to work simultaneously on how to eliminate it.”

Commissioner firmly believes that “green transition and competitiveness are not contradictory.” “He believes that the solution passes through dialogue, including industry, NGOs and member states.”

Update for arrival legislation

The procedures on PFAS aim to complete the ongoing efforts to review the European Union framework, which supervises the regulation of chemicals in the European Union.

The revised text can be ready at the end of the year, after several effects. Roswall denies accusations of environmental groups and consumers that the committee gives priority to the demands of the industry on the environment.

“When we see the chemical industry, which is important to all others, this is true because other industries need products and we need to make here in Europe important to all of us.”

Treating the collapse of biological diversity

Roswal said he believed it is possible to support the environment and also reduce the burden of farmers when it comes to regulations.

“If we do not have a nature, we do not have cultivation and vice versa, of course. Then I would like to say that we need to work on the same goal. With regard to simplification, it is very important, for example, to know, and I know that we focus on how to facilitate the farms to report less.”

By discussing the need to address the collapse of biological diversity, Roswall says it promotes dialogue between farmers and NGOs that, according to it, is the key to understanding each of them.

It suggests that natural credits (financial tools that can be marketed or used to compensate for effects on biological diversity) will enhance the investment of the private sector and maintain biological diversity.

“I still emphasize it is something that we should do and know that we want to do so, but we must be more intelligent in doing this,” he said.