The Belgian Presidency of the EU Council wanted to try its luck for the third time with the provisional agreement on corporate due diligence, and put its approval on the agenda of the Committee of Representatives of the Member States to the EU (‘Coreper’) on Friday 8 March. A new compromise text was presented to the EU27, which represents “an important step towards the reluctant Member States”, said the Belgian Minister for Development David Clarinval at the ‘Competitiveness’...