Belgium hit with 5,000 euro daily fine for fast-speed broadband delays

BRUSSELS: Belgium was hit with a 5000-euro ($5,613) daily fine from Europe’s top court on Monday for its slowness in rolling out fast-speed broadband in its capital, home to EU institutions such as the European Commission and European Parliament.

The judgment from the Luxembourg-based Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ) came after the European Commission sued Belgium two years ago for failing to transpose into national law a 2014 EU directive aimed at encouraging the development of broadband across the bloc.