BRUSSELS – Once again the centrist bloc al European Parliament it split, justifying fragility of the majority who has been supportive European Commission. In deciding his negotiating position on the old revision of the directive dedicated to him corporate social and environmental sustainabilityThe assembly approved the most radical amendments on Thursday 13 November, thanks to votes from right-wing and center parties.
THAT vote in favor they 382249 opposed, 13 abstained. In fact The people’s Party holding a joint vote with more radical parties to approve clearer changes to the law under review. Today’s vote came after a plenary session rejected a negotiating mandate prepared by a parliamentary commission at the end of October. Even so, the popular socialist-liberal majority has shown some cracks.
In fact, the amendments aim to reduce the scope of application of the two directives, to simplify the automatic mechanism for imposing fines, to transfer the accountability regime from the European level to the national level. Furthermore, Parliament wants the obligation to prepare social and environmental impact reports to be included only companies with more than 1,750 employees and with a Annual net turnover exceeds 450 million euros.
For months the European Union has been working on the legislative text agreed in recent years as part of the Green Pact. The stated aim was administrative simplification, whereas in reality the focus was on deregulation, both due to pressure from the business world and several political parties, as well as in response to the loose stance taken by the government.Trump administration in the United States in the environmental field.
Today’s vote sparked a strong reaction from opposition parties. He noticed Terry Reintkevice President Green vegetables: «The popular has divided sanitary cable», namely the unspoken rule that traditional parties must not ally with far-right groups. “With its negotiating position regarding directives on environmental and social sustainability, the Parliament opted for deregulation that is detrimental to human rights and the climate,” said the French Member of the European Parliament. Arash Saeidi Left.
