The Court of Justice of the European Union ruled, on Thursday 19 December, that a prison sentence could be imposed on Bavarian politicians to force them to adopt anti-pollution measures. However, the judgment (C-752/18) states that this constraint must be “proportionate” and that Germany has “accessible, precise and foreseeable” legislation to that end.
The dispute which gave rise to this judgment is between a German environmental organisation, Deutsche Umwelthilfe, and the Land of...