EU takes Greece to court for poor treatment of waste water

A dinghy overcrowded with migrants and refugees approaches the Greek island of Lesbos after crossing a part of the Aegean Sea from the Turkish coast September 20, 2015.REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis - RTS1Z30

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission has taken Greece to court a second time for not treating its waste water properly and is proposing a fine of at least 15 million euros, it said on Thursday.

In 2004, the highest European Union court ruled that Greece was violating EU law for not collecting and treating waste water discharged into the Gulf of Elefsina.