France's highest administrative court on Monday ordered the state to pay €20 million in fines for failing to improve air quality in major cities. The penalties came on top of another €10 million from the same court for the same reason in 2021.
The latest legal decision comes five years after the Conseil d'Etat (Council of State) court ordered the government to reduce levels of nitrogen dioxide and fine particles in more than a dozen zones to comply with European standards.
