On Thursday 14 June, the national experts of the Council resumed their work on the proposed compromise between member states, drawn up at the end of December, on country-by-country reporting. Despite high expectations and many calls from Parliament for progress (see EUROPE 12039), there is no significant breakthrough to report and, according to our information, positions have changed little.
For instance, Germany, to which all eyes were turned, is reported simply to have stated that its new...