These proposals were announced by Livre spokesperson Rui Tavares during the party's first parliamentary sessions.

Considering that this is an essential issue for the country, the Livre bench will ask the Government for the terms of the new agreements, recently announced on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Albufeira Convention, but also wants measures that go beyond the national plan.

“We argue that we should push for a water framework directive at the European level that is negotiated multilaterally by 27 countries, and that has obligations for the more demanding Member States”, said Rui Tavares.

The MP argued that this could be a way of placing Portugal “in a more complete framework” in which the country would not be limited to negotiating only with Spain.

“Discussions between several Member States, in which there are several international rivers, is probably a way of ensuring a water framework directive that is better for all 27”, he argued.

Tavares recalled that the international rivers in the Iberian Peninsula “come from Spain to Portugal, they do not go from Portugal to Spain, and therefore this gives a negotiating advantage to the neighbouring country”, considering that if the strategy is designed at the European level this will bring advantages to Portugal.