Macron, Merz Call on EU to Scrap Supply Chain Sustainability Law

French businesses want to indefinitely delay a directive requiring large companies to monitor their global suppliers for human rights and environmental abuses.

French President Emmanuel Macron (R) speaks with Germany Chancellor Friedrich Merz in the garden of the Élysée presidential palace, in Paris, on May 7, 2025. Ludovic Marin/Reuters

The leaders of France and Germany have called on the European Union to scrap a supply chain audit law.

The Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD), approved in May 2024, establishes far-reaching mandatory human rights and environmental obligations on both European Union and non-EU companies meeting certain turnover thresholds, starting from 2027.