Which European countries are draining their freshwater resources?

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Which European countries are draining their freshwater resources?  Scientists fear another catastrophic summer for crops as drought conditions worsen in Europe.   READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2025/04/14/which-european-countries-are-draining-their-freshwater-resources  Subscribe to our channel. Euronews is available on Dailymotion in 12 languages

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00:00Scientists fear another brutal summer for crops as drought conditions worsen in Europe.

00:12Drought is tightening its grip across southern, eastern and central Europe.

00:17The Iberian Peninsula faces the most critical conditions

00:21caught in the dangerous cycle of drought and intense winter and spring precipitation.

00:26At the same time, warnings are in place in swathes of Italy, Greece, Cyprus, Poland, Belarus,

00:33most of Ukraine as well as Ireland, Scotland and a few spots in Germany and France.

00:39The increase in use of water resources is expected to worsen the situation.

00:45The most recent data says consumption in the EU compared to its availability

00:50reached the highest rate on record, 5.8%.

00:55Values above 20% are considered a sign of water scarcity.

01:00Cyprus is the most under pressure nation in Europe using 71% of its freshwater resources,

01:09followed by Malta and Romania with 34% and 21% respectively.

01:15However, the trend over the past decade shows that Italy is where freshwater exploitation increased the most,

01:22nearly 7%, followed by Turkey 6% and Malta with 4%.

01:29않고 with 57% of the past decade at Mel 10% has under pressure returns above 70% are 100%

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