The reform of the rules on the confidentiality of electronic communications will, in the end, be on the agenda of the Telecommunications Council of the EU on 3 December, in the form of a progress report and not a general approach, as envisaged by Helsinki. On Friday 22 November, the Deputy Ambassadors refused the latest Finnish compromise proposal (see EUROPE B12371A27).
According to our information, 14 Member States voted against the text (including France and Italy), 9 in favour and 1...