16/11/2021 (Agence Europe) – Czech Environment Minister Richard Brabec has said that a new Polish proposal to settle the dispute between the two countries over the Polish Turów mine on the Czech border was unacceptable, according to a report from the Reuters news agency on Tuesday 16 November. On 30 September, the Minister was optimistic that the two parties would reach an agreement (see EUROPE 12802/30), shortly after an order made by the EU Court of Justice. On 20 September, the Court of Justice of the EU ordered Poland to pay a daily penalty payment of €500,000 to the European Commission (see EUROPE 12794/1) after it had ordered Poland – to no avail – to stop extracting lignite from the Turów mine. The mine is firmly in the sights of Prague because of its impact on the water supply for Czech communities. (DG)