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Key management challenges for European waters in particular related to the degradation of freshwater ecosystems, pollution from chemicals and nutrients as well as water abstraction and scarcity are addressed by different EU strategies and policies, which are further operationalized in management responses of water and environmental directives. Harmonising the objectives and management responses of different policies to tackle these key water management challenges is one of the ambitions of the European Green Deal and its associated strategies, such as the new Biodiversity Strategy 2030, the Farm to Fork Strategy, the Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability and the forthcoming Zero Pollution Action Plan. The ambitious targets of these strategies address main pressures on European waters, such as disrupted river continuity by aiming to restore 25,000 free flowing rivers by 2030 or the high nutrients and chemicals discharge from agriculture aiming to reduce by 50% the loss of nutrients and the use and risk of pesticides.