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04/24/2008: "The Baltic Sea Is Threatening to Collapse"

SPIEGEL: When it comes to economic growth, unemployment and general living standards the Nordic countries are much better off than almost any other region in the EU.

Halonen: Yes, but we also have one of the largest environmental problems in Europe on our front porch. The levels of toxic pollution in the Baltic from farming, and the levels of sewage from places like St. Petersburg, are distressing. The Baltic Sea is threatening to collapse, and the fishing industry is in desperate danger. We need a radical change in direction.

[ No one is getting "better off" in realistic terms. ]

http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,548978,00.html