France obtained the addition, in a footnote, of the reference to an ex ante conditionality or social “enabling condition” as an annex to the Common Provisions Regulation, at the end of the meeting of ambassadors within the Committee of Permanent Representatives (Coreper II) on Wednesday 5 June.
The proposal to link favourable conditionalities with the European pillar of social rights – a French request made at the Gothenburg Summit in 2017 (see EUROPE B11907) – had been left...