The European Commission announced on Wednesday 9 February its decision to refer Malta and Poland to the EU Court of Justice for persistent non-compliance with the Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive (91/271/EC). This directive requires Member States to ensure that urban agglomerations (cities, towns, villages) collect and treat their wastewater in a proper manner.
In respect of these two countries, reminders of this have certainly resulted in progress, but not sufficient progress to...