The European Commission on Wednesday said it had referred Ireland, Spain, France and the Netherlands to the EU's Court of Justice for what it said were failings over implementing cybersecurity rules.
The EU executive's concerns come amid an increase in cyberhacking targeting both governments and businesses.
In a statement, the European Commission said: "The Directive strengthens EU cybersecurity by setting high standards for entities operating in 18 critical sectors, including health, energy, transport, and the public sector.
"Its full implementation is key to improving the EU's resilience and the incident response capacity of public and private entities operating in these critical sectors, and of the EU as a whole. The Commission sent letters of formal notice on 28 November 2024 and reasoned opinions on 7 May 2025. As these Member States have not yet notified complete transposition of the...
