The general approach of the EU Council reached on 1 December on the Corporate Due Diligence Directive has caused reactions from NGOs, trade unions and MEPs. Many criticise the general lack of ambition of the text.
The agreement reached by the Member States (see EUROPE B13075A1) “will certainly ensure that this law is dead on arrival”, according to the NGO Friends of the Earth Europe, the International Cooperation for Development and Solidarity (CIDSE) and the European Coalition for...