[kuschku]

> The GP claimed that water quality levels are declining (rapidly) and that some sort of enormous change in agricultural practices is needed to stop, let alone revert that (at least, that seems to be his claim; it's a bit unclear, upon rereading, whether he meant it narrowly for just those parts of Germany and what would be required to get within the limits of the Directive).

I can only speak for my state (Schleswig-Holstein), but the government has been saying this for years, that major agricultural change is necessary.

Our overall trend has been massively down, and it’s similar in many other parts of Germany.

So, even then, it’s still the Ministry of the Environment and Agriculture vs. you.