"While a majority of delegations in CATS confirmed that they would in principle favour maintaining a provision in the Directive on the right to be present at one's trial, many Member States stated that Article
“While a majority of delegations in CATS confirmed that they would in principle favour maintaining a provision in the Directive on the right to be present at one’s trial, many Member States stated that Article 8 as currently drafted was not acceptable to them.”
See document: Proposal for a Directive on the strengthening of certain aspects of the presumption of innocence and of the right to be present at trial in criminal proceedings – Orientation debate / Request for guidance on Article 8 (Doc no: 12955/14, pdf) See also document: 11632-14 (pdf)