BUENOS AIRS HERALD
Italy has failed to comply with a European court ruling on the chronic Naples garbage crisis and could face fines if it does not solve the problem, a top EU official said.
Thousands of tonnes of garbage still lie uncollected in the streets of Italy’s third-largest city despite weeks of protests by local residents and repeated claims by Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi to have fixed the problem.
European Environment Commissioner Janez Potocnik said he had received a statement from inspectors who visited Naples and the surrounding region of Campania this week which suggested the problem would take years to bring under control. “The report confirms that the measures needed to execute the ruling issued by the European Court of Justice in March are not yet in place,” he said in a statement, adding that the threat to health would continue without a proper waste management plan.
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