The Court of Justice of the European Union has partially upheld the action brought by the European Commission against Spain for failure to fulfil its obligations to compensate individuals for damage caused by breaches of EU law, in a judgment handed down on Tuesday 28 June (case C-278/20).
According to the Commission, Spanish liability law (Articles 32 and 34 of Law 40/2015 on the legal regime of the public sector) does not sufficiently guarantee the principle of effectiveness, i.e. the...