As expected (see EUROPE B12383A18), the information item on the subject of the country-by-country reporting (CBCR) proposal requested by Sweden at the Economic and Financial Affairs Council (Ecofin) on Thursday, 5 December, turned into a genuine discussion between Finance Ministers.
The European Commission has made it clear that it does not intend to change the legal basis of the proposal and Member States have not yet found the unanimity required to change this legal basis.
In a press...