The European Union is stalling on corporate accountability. The Twenty-seven failed to vote for this text which was to force companies to identify and correct failings in environmental and human rights matters.
The opposition of the German liberals of the FDP against additional regulations on businesses forced Berlin to abstain, forming a front of refusal with Rome and a dozen other countries, including Bulgaria, Hungary, and Slovakia. The text must make the companies concerned legally responsible for violations of human and social rights (child labor, forced labor, safety, etc.)