EU supply chain law: Hubertus Heil no longer believes in a German yes. With concessions to the FDP, Federal Labor Minister Heil tried to get the federal government to agree on a common line on the issue.

As a result, Germany will have to abstain from the vote in the European Union (EU), which is tantamount to saying no. In Germany, the major business associations had called for a no to EU plans to hold companies more accountable for deficiencies in their supply chains.