MEP Maxette Pirbakas Calls for Urgent Action on Water Crisis in French Overseas Departments
By Newsdesk
On October 18th, 2023, at the European Parliament, MEP Maxette Pirbakas delivered a powerful speech highlighting the escalating water crisis in the French overseas departments, particularly in Martinique, Guadeloupe, and Mayotte. Maxette Pirbakas says it is unacceptable in 2023 “Mr. Chairman, Commissioner, the water crisis is reaching fever pitch in our five French overseas departments, especially in Martinique and Guadeloupe,” Maxette Pirbakas began her address. She pointed out that in Guadeloupe, it has been estimated for years that over a quarter of the population lacks access to drinking water. “This is unacceptable. We are in two-thousand and twenty-three,” she stated,
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