Negotiators from the European Parliament and the French presidency of the EU Council reached an agreement on the International Procurement Instrument (IPI) on Monday 14 March, after ten years of negotiations on the text.
“The French Presidency of the Council of the European Union had made this a priority and we worked tirelessly with the European Parliament and the Commission to reach a balanced and effective compromise”, said the French Trade Minister, Franck Riester, who travelled to...