- Recent mass fish deaths in the River Oder have taken a new turn following accusations that the Polish authorities had failed to notify their German counterparts in accordance with an EU directive, making it a matter for Brussels.
- Poland did not inform Germany of such incidents despite it being required to quickly inform affected countries under the EU Water Directive.
- Lemke and her colleagues from Brandenburg and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania had agreed to convene a task force at a meeting with Moskva and Polish Infrastructure Minister Andrzej Adamczyk in Szczecin on Sunday.
Brussels steps in as German-Polish fish death dispute unravels
