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European Commission presents its first assessment of the national Roma integration strategies submitted by the Member States as response to the EU Framework for Roma integration presented in April last year
Improving equality between women and men is essential to the EU's response to the current economic crisis, according to the European Commission's latest annual report on gender equality.
Women in Europe still earn 16.4% less on average than men
Grants funding to the value of €93 million for projects in the field of justice and fundamental rights: interested organisations and Member States should apply now!
The European Union easily explained: Commission launches website dedicated to children that includes information about children's rights.
As a European citizen, your rights are protected at home, abroad and online
People in Europe need to feel at ease when they live, travel, or shop in a Member State other than their own. They should be able to rely on access to justice no matter where they are in the EU. On November 15 2011, the European Commission put forward proposals for simplified funding programmes to help build an EU area of justice.
Europe is facing new challenges in the field of drugs, notably illicit drug trafficking, the rapid spread of new psychoactive substances and reducing the demand for illicit drugs. The EU has unveiled plans to tackle these problems.
Investors who trade on inside information and manipulate markets by spreading false information or rumours may face sanctions under proposed EU-wide rules.
New measures guarantee basic support and protection for victims of crime across the EU.
Crime suspects in any EU country, whatever their nationality, will have access to a lawyer under new EU plans.