Shareholders’ rights saga : Plenary vote maintained

At a meeting of the Conference of Presidents, on 4 June, the leaders of the EPP, ALDE and ECR groups rejected the Socialists' proposal to postpone the vote in plenary on the shareholders' rights directive until July to allow time for another attempt to work out a compromise. Socialist rapporteur Sergio Cofferati (Italy), who finds himself in an unenviable situation, consequently has only until 8 June to try to convince fellow members to continue the discussions. Otherwise, the plenary will…