On Wednesday 12 July, six MEPs co-signed a letter to Mairead McGuinness, the Financial Services Commissioner, criticising her for seeking to limit the possible willingness of Member States to extend the scope of the directive aimed at increasing public country-by-country reporting (CbCR) (see EUROPE B12832A24). They debated the issue at a plenary session in Strasbourg on Thursday 13 July.
“It has come to our attention that the Commission proactively approached Member States with an...