France’s highest administrative court ordered the state to pay two new fines of $9.75 million each for failing to improve air quality in the country’s major cities. The sanction comes after a first € 10 million fine back in 2021, and five years after the Conseil d’Etat, which acts as a legal adviser to the executive and as the supreme court for administrative justice, ordered the government to reduce levels of nitrogen dioxide.
“The measures undertaken by the state don’t guarantee that air quality improves enough to respect pollution thresholds as quickly as possible,” the Conseil d’Etat said in a statement.
— Reuters
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