ITALIAN DISCRIMINATION
January 1st, 2003
BY ALAN OSBORNITALY has been ordered by the European Court of Justice to cease allowing its museums and other cultural sites to discriminate against foreign European Union nationals over admission charges for its museums and other cultural sites. The European Commission said that in following up complaints from the public it had concluded that "the scheme of preferential rates applicable to persons aged over 60 or 65 years for admission to various Italian museums did indeed entail discrimination."Italy had responded to the Commission's initial complaint by saying ...
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