On Friday 9 February, the Member States’ ambassadors to the European Union (‘Coreper’) are due to vote on the provisional agreement reached in December 2023 with the European Parliament on the proposal for a directive governing due diligence for companies (see EUROPE B13314A12).
With Germany threatening to abstain on the text, the risk of a blocking minority is growing. Finland has already indicated that it will abstain. At least two other delegations considered, on the eve of the...