If the European Commission carries out its threat to take the nine member states that have been in breach of air quality standards for years before the Court of Justice, it hopes EU citizens will be aware of the role that it plays in the interest of their health. We shall have to wait, however, to know what it intends to do.
Friday 9 February was the deadline given to the nine countries – Germany, Spain, France, Italy, Hungary, Romania, Slovakia, the Czech Republic and the United Kingdom...