Nicole Sagener | EURACTIV Germany - Article translated from German
![Shipwrecks line the edge of what used to be the Aral Sea between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. A massive irrigation project reduced its size by 90% within 50 years. [neil banas/Flickr]](https://www.euractiv.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/08/3312451715-8cd6d03394-b.jpeg)
German economy vulnerable to global water scarcity, WWF warns
Water is scarce but it continues to be wasted excessively in many industrial states, warns a new study by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), predicting that a global conflict over water resources could bring billions in losses for the German market. EURACTIV Germany reports.![Alexander Gauland, top candidate in Brandenburg from Germany's Eurosceptic AfD, is threatening to withdraw from the regional race amid divisions within the party over the Russia-Ukraine conflict. [blu-news.org/Flickr]](https://www.euractiv.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/08/12137480156-1bb247e9ae-k.jpeg)
Russia-Ukraine conflict divides Germany’s Eurosceptics
Germany's Eurosceptic Alternative for Germany (AfD) is polarised over the Ukraine conflict, with Russian criticism coming from the party's leader Bernd Lucke and Brandenburg's top AfD candidate Alexander Gauland threatening to withdraw from the upcoming regional elections. EURACTIV Germany reports.![Every year, the European Parliament meets for 12 four-day part-sessions in Strasbourg and six additional two-day part-sessions in Brussels. Strasbourg 2005 [Christopher Cotrell/Flickr]](https://www.euractiv.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/07/1447171274-701bbf86f6-b.jpeg)