Overview

• On June 23, the Polish presidency halted final negotiations on the Green Claims Directive due to doubts over the Commission’s intentions
• Italy formally retracted its backing over the weekend, leaving the Council without the majority needed to advance the proposal
• Brussels will move to withdraw the directive after member states pressed to include businesses with fewer than ten employees in its scope
• The center-right European People’s Party threatened to block the law in Parliament, intensifying pressure on the Commission to shelve the file
• Executive vice president Teresa Ribera led a last-ditch effort to salvage the directive but could not overcome internal and intergovernmental divisions