Sí, justo, nubarrones grises oscuros. Aquí abajo un correo que describe los 3 escenarios posibles según lo que ocurra el viernes 9/2:
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Subject: [core_eudd] Politico
Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2024 07:44:07 +0100
BERLIN SET TO STOP THE SHOW — AGAIN: In a case of history repeating itself, Berlin is about to tank an EU law that has already essentially crossed the finish line. Hubertus Heil, Germany’s labor minister, announced on Tuesday that the country will abstain in a vote among member countries on https://y3r710.r.eu-west-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F%2Fdmp.politico.eu%2F%3Femail=matilda.flemming@foeeurope.org%26destination=https:%2F%2Fpro.politico.eu%2Fbills%2F635014/1/0102018d8228ec21-5f5c4d17-7429-4cfe-8cdd-e8a204bd0108-000000/n2hM7y2R2PtlgKkM--nf7B6lAeM=360 new EU business supply chain oversight rules after its ruling coalition failed to agree a common position on the file.
Just when we thought we were out: Member countries had been due on Friday to https://y3r710.r.eu-west-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F%2Fdmp.politico.eu%2F%3Femail=matilda.flemming@foeeurope.org%26destination=https:%2F%2Fwww.consilium.europa.eu%2Fen%2Fmeetings%2Fmpo%2F2024%2F2%2Fcoreper-1-permanent-representatives-committee-(337210)%2F/1/0102018d8228ec21-5f5c4d17-7429-4cfe-8cdd-e8a204bd0108-000000/3EfEv8zS1BOb2FS7OTQrS5QFJ3g=360 sign off on the rules — which would require EU-based companies to police their global value chains for environmental or human-rights risks — after negotiators from the EU institutions https://y3r710.r.eu-west-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F%2Fdmp.politico.eu%2F%3Femail=matilda.flemming@foeeurope.org%26destination=https:%2F%2Fpro.politico.eu%2Fnews%2F173084/1/0102018d8228ec21-5f5c4d17-7429-4cfe-8cdd-e8a204bd0108-000000/W733WbtTUWcmthCqSc6najAcrE4=360 clinched a deal on the file in December. Although the final deal made significant concessions to Germany, the FDP subsequently mounted a rearguard action against the rules. Last week the finance and justice ministries, both liberal-led, https://y3r710.r.eu-west-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F%2Fdmp.politico.eu%2F%3Femail=matilda.flemming@foeeurope.org%26destination=https:%2F%2Fpro.politico.eu%2Fnews%2F175014/1/0102018d8228ec21-5f5c4d17-7429-4cfe-8cdd-e8a204bd0108-000000/FsyeVmE10kGYoEvxDyERmc-_tzc=360 doubled down on their opposition.
Been there, done that: Just over a year ago, Berlin https://y3r710.r.eu-west-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F%2Fdmp.politico.eu%2F%3Femail=matilda.flemming@foeeurope.org%26destination=https:%2F%2Fpro.politico.eu%2Fnews%2F161606/1/0102018d8228ec21-5f5c4d17-7429-4cfe-8cdd-e8a204bd0108-000000/Nf5UY8q_GxNdN1edAU8jhRTyT7Q=360 caused an uproar in Brussels with its last-minute veto on phasing out combustion engines.
NGOs up in arms: Germany’s behavior, past and present, “makes the EU unmanageable … to whose benefit? In the short term, it benefits big business that has already put a huge mark on the text,” Marc-Olivier Herman, Oxfam EU’s economic justice policy lead, told Morning Trade. Nele Meyer, director of the European Coalition for Corporate Justice, https://y3r710.r.eu-west-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F%2Fdmp.politico.eu%2F%3Femail=matilda.flemming@foeeurope.org%26destination=https:%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2FECCJorg%2Fstatus%2F1754831615228846482/1/0102018d8228ec21-5f5c4d17-7429-4cfe-8cdd-e8a204bd0108-000000/lvzWOKKjKLOb98o17CHyA5zRH0Q=360 called Germany’s abstention “a betrayal of its past leadership on sustainability due diligence and a blow to global efforts for corporate accountability.”
Why it matters: Germany’s abstention puts the law’s Friday adoption in jeopardy, with three possible scenarios on the table:
Scenario 1: For the law to pass despite a German abstention, a number of countries that are currently on the fence — most importantly Italy — would have to vote in favor. The European Parliament’s legal affairs committee is then slated to vote on the law next week, with a vote in plenary scheduled for April.
Scenario 2: If other skeptical countries, especially Italy, do rally behind Berlin and abstain, the law won’t pass. In that case the legislation wouldn’t be dead, but the timeframe to renegotiate it is extremely tight — and its future is uncertain.
Scenario 3: The Belgian presidency could also decide to take the item off Friday’s agenda to avoid such a scenario — preventing the law from being killed but also further delaying a file that’s already under time pressure to avoid its falling through the legislative cracks. A Belgian presidency spokesperson told Morning Trade that the file is currently still on the agenda.