After unsuccessfully urging the German Presidency of the EU Council to put the issue of ‘country by country reporting’ (CBCR) back on the agenda of the Competitiveness Council, the Greens/EFA MEPs are now turning their attention to Portugal, who will take over the Presidency from Germany on 1 January (see EUROPE B12601A23).
In a letter sent on Friday 27 November, they asked them to prioritise this proposal during their Presidency and to explicitly name their objective of reaching an...