On Wednesday 16 October, the Member States’ ambassadors to the Council of the European Union (Coreper) discussed the Combined Transport Directive in order to resolve the technical problems encountered in the working group (see EUROPE B13496A5).
According to a European source contacted by Agence Europe on the same day, the debate had more of a political dimension. “We took a step back to put things down”, explained the source. The Member States find themselves “at a crossroads”,...