Greece has become the European champion of appeals and penalties for the infringement of the community’s legislation. According to official information by the EU in 2010, Greece was brought to the European Court more than any other member and had the most penalties. Last year Greece was brought to the European Court for legislation infringement on 14 cases and was followed by Belgium, Portugal and Austria. As far as penalties are concerned, in 2010 Greece was in third position after Spain and Italy. Statistics present a similar situation for the past five years. From 2006 to 2010, Greece was brought to justice for 96 cases of legislation infringement, again in the first position. During the same period, the European Court approved 53 appeals against Greece, which followed Italy with 87 appeals.
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