EXTERNAL ACTION / Trade

European Parliament’s main political groups converge on more robust ‘anti-coercion’ instrument

Brussels, 30/09/2022 (Agence Europe)

The Chair of the European Parliament Committee on International Trade (INTA) and rapporteur on the anti-coercion regulation, Bernd Lange (S&D, German), rallied his colleagues around a series of compromise amendments. His report will be put to the vote on 10 October in the INTA Committee. Overall, MEPs want to broaden the concept of economic coercion and get a clearer and more defined framework for the European Commission to react quickly. 

There is broad agreement among the political...