On Monday 29 September, the European Commission decided to send Italy, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom to the European Court of Justice for failure to pay customs duty, totalling €23.3 million, to the EU budget.
The Commission points out that if a member state does not pay its full contribution to the EU budget, then other member states will have to make up the shortfall.
Italy. In 2008, Italy informed the European Commission that it was unable to collect or pay to the EU budget...