Poland must pay 500,000 euros daily for ignoring EU court ruling on Turow

Europe's top court on Monday ordered Poland to pay a daily penalty payment of 500,000 euros ($585,550) to the European Commission for not halting operations at its Turow open-pit lignite mine, in violation of the EU court's earlier ruling.

"Such a measure appears necessary in order to strengthen the effectiveness of the interim measures decided upon in the order of 21 May 2021 and to deter that member state from delaying bringing its conduct into line with that order," the Luxembourg-based EU Court of Justice said.

($1 = 0.8539 euros)