Overview
- Lawmakers approved the revised position by 382 votes to 249 with 13 abstentions, dropping a requirement for companies to produce climate plans.
- The scope would apply only to very large firms, with thresholds reported at at least 5,000 employees and €1.5 billion in annual revenue.
- Companies would no longer have to police entire supply chains and would instead focus on suppliers deemed high risk for violations.
- The vote followed a failed secret ballot weeks earlier and a wave of sequential votes on hundreds of amendments that ultimately diluted the text.
- EVP leader Manfred Weber called the outcome good for competitiveness, Chancellor Friedrich Merz labeled it unacceptable, and Green MEP Anna Cavazzini said the changes passed with far-right votes including the AfD.