Community infringements at the top for four years. With environment and employment at the top of the most controversial issues. This is stated in a dossier by the Service for Relations with the European Union of the Chamber just published, according to which, as of July 24, there are 80 proceedings opened against our country (61 for violation of Union law and 19 for failure to transpose directives within the prescribed deadlines). Meanwhile, the government is working on the approval of the bill with the 2026 European delegation law which will contain a series of adjustments to EU rules.
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At the highest since 2022
To find such a high number of “pending accounts” with Brussels, you have to go back to the end of 2022 when infringement procedures against Italy were 82. Then the decline in the following three years when they settled at 69 cases, 64, and again 69 respectively. Until the rise to 80 this year. Of these, most (67) are still in the pre-litigation phase compared to 13 that have already reached judgment and beyond.
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The European comparison
Currently, a total of 1,899 infringement procedures have been opened against us by the European Commission. Depending on how you want to read the ranking, Italy is 20th out of 27 if you proceed in ascending order starting from the virtuous Denmark and its 36 pending cases, as the Montecitorio dossier does, or seventh – tied with Bulgaria if you proceed from top to bottom in a ranking led by Spain with 117 cases ongoing with Brussels, ahead of Poland (109), Hungary (99), Belgium (98), Portugal (96), and Greece (86).
Environment, work, and energy are the most
Looking at the most controversial issues among the procedures opened against our country, the environment clearly prevails with 27 cases, followed by work with nine, which precedes a small group at eight made up of energy, mobility/transport, and financial stability. Whereas, at the European level, the top three are environment (355 procedures opened), justice (336), and energy (239).
