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2017 Commission's assessment on the mid-term review of the EU Framework for National Roma Integration Strategies up to 2020
The Commission reviews annually the implementation of the National Roma Integration Strategies and reports on the progress made to the European Parliament and the Council, as well as under the framework of the Europe 2020.
European Data Protection Day 2017
Tomorrow, 28 January marks European Data Protection Day. Data protection is a fundamental right in the European Union; it is part of the European DNA and deserves the highest protection standards.
2017 EU Citizenship Report: Commission promotes rights, values and democracy
Today, the European Commission publishes its third EU Citizenship Report, presenting actions to ensure citizens can fully enjoy their rights when working, travelling, studying or participating in elections.
Car rental companies improve treatment of consumers, thanks to EU-wide enforcement
Did you ever book a car online and find out you had to pay more when you get to the rental desk? Last year, this was the case of 2,000 consumers in Europe, who reported these issues to the European Consumer Centres, which help consumers when they travel or buy cross border.
Debt recovery made faster, cheaper and more efficient
Today, new rules on the European Account Preservation Order (the EAPO) enter into force in the European Union. Thanks to the EAPO, businesses and citizens will be able to recover millions in cross-border debts by requesting that the amount owed to them be blocked on the debtor's bank accounts
Commission proposes to update data protection rules for EU institutions and sets out a strategy to facilitate international data exchanges
Today the Commission proposes a Regulation for Data Protection in Union Institutions and Bodies. The Regulation would update the data protection rules applicable to the EU institutions and bodies, so that they are in line with the General Data Protection Regulation. Anyone, whose personal data is handled by European institutions or their agencies, would benefit from higher data protection standards.
124 000 legal practitioners trained in European law in 2015
In 2011, the Commission issued a Communication on European judicial training setting a target of at least 5% of European legal practitioners attending training in EU law every year.
Security Union: Commission proposes new rules to facilitate freezing and confiscating criminal assets
Today the European Commission proposed a Regulation on mutual recognition of criminal asset freezing and confiscation orders.
Commission finds credit institutions and investment firms still should improve diversity on boards
Diversity in the management bodies of credit institutions and investment firms can still be improved, finds a European Commission report published today. Only around one third of the institutions in the sample had a diversity policy in place, and only around one fifth of their board members were women.
Fighting illegal online hate speech: first assessment of the new code of conduct
Today, the European Commission publishes the first evaluation of how IT companies applied the code of conduct to combat illegal online hate speech. The code was agreed with the IT companies (Facebook, Google (YouTube), Twitter and Microsoft) on 31 May 2016.