“For the third time already’: EU chief negotiator angry at the FDP’s blockade stance. Labor Minister Hubertus Heil (SPD) announced on Tuesday that Germany would abstain from the vote.

The decision caused a dispute within the traffic light coalition. But there is also great dissatisfaction with the Free Democrats in the EU Parliament. Linder and Co. would squander Germany's reputation, says the chief negotiator for the EU supply chain law, Lara Wolters.