Gobernanza multidimensional del agua: la Directiva Marco del Agua europea. Dificultades de su aplicación

This paper analyses environmental issues related to application in the European Union (EU) of the Water Framework Directive, especially in countries integrated to the Union after 2004, like Poland, the Czech Republic and Hungary. These countries must comply with environmental regulations and laws applied following the principle of a common legal framework for the entire EU. There have been qualitative advances in the design and application of this Directive. However, questions and conflicts remains regarding the indiscriminate subsidies to the agricultural sector, and problems with contamination in the watersheds, as well with the implementation of fair prices and tariffs to different users of hydrological resources..