The number of infringement cases opened by the Commission remains broadly stable in the EU in 2019, but the number of new infringement proceedings has risen sharply by more than 20% compared to 2018, according to the European Commission’s latest Enforcement Report published on Friday 31 July.
In 2019, the European Commission launched 797 new infringement proceedings and sent 316 reasoned opinions. Trends differ between Member States. Lithuania (27), Estonia (30) and Denmark (31) have...