30

Aug

Vice-President Jourová in Poland to commemorate anniversary of the outbreak of the 2nd World War

Vice-President for Values and Transparency, Věra Jourová is today in Poland, where she will meet Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki and the Ombudsman Marcin Wiącek. She will also meet the President of European People's…

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30

Jun

EU Commission wants stronger product safety, credit rules for consumers

The European Commission on Wednesday proposed caps on interest rates for consumer credit agreements and a ban on bundling practices as part of tougher consumer credit rules following the surge…

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12

Nov

European Commission launches action to protect, support LGBTIQ people

The European Commission launched on Thursday a strategy for the equality of lesbian, gay, bisexual, bisexual, transgender, intersex or questioning (LGBTIQ) people in the 27-nation European Union as some countries…

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08

Jan

EU unveils new consumer protection rules for digital economy

The EU launched the "New Deal for Consumers" aimed at reining in "rogue traders and online tricksters." "The new rules will increase protection for consumers in (the) digital world, which…

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27

Sep

European Commission announces winners of EU Product Safety Award

The European Commission revealed the winners of the first-ever EU Product Safety Award. The new award recognises businesses going above and beyond EU requirements for greater consumer safety. Eight companies…

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03

Sep

von der Leyen offers Vera Jourova Rule of Law portfolio

European Commission President-elect Ursula von der Leyen has offered Czech nominee Věra Jourová a post in her team focusing on democracy issues, two senior officials told POLITICO. The portfolio would…

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30

Jul

Jourova confirmed for EU Commission by Czech government

"Our Commissioner Věra Jourová was very successful," Babiš said. "They don't like her in all countries, also in our region, so it was quite difficult for her, but she got…

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03

Oct

The European Commission expected to order Malta to strengthen enforcement of anti-money laundering rules

The European Commission is preparing to use little-known powers in EU law to issue binding demands on Malta’s financial regulator after an EU watchdog found “systematic” weaknesses in its enforcement…

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26

Sep

Hate speech, xenophobia and extreme nationalism addressed by Commissioner Jourova

"We have to translate the Charter into basic principles. These principles should become an anchor in this fast changing, confusing world – simply the bedrock of our society. The bad…

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24

Sep

Commissioner Jourová requests EBA to probe actions of Danish and Estonian national financial watchdogs following Danske Bank money laundering scandal

The EU’s banking watchdog is set to probe the actions of Denmark and Estonia’s national supervisors to see how they failed to pick up on Danske Bank’s massive money laundering…

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13

Aug

EU to crack down on ‘citizenship by investment’ schemes

The Financial Times reports that Brussels is preparing to crack down on EU governments,  that award citizenships to rich people from outside the bloc, as concerns mount about so-called dirty money…

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24

Apr

EU Commission sets new, EU-wide rules for the protection of whistleblowers

Recent scandals such as Dieselgate, Luxleaks, the Panama Papers or the ongoing Cambridge Analytica revelations show that whistleblowers can play an important role in uncovering unlawful activities that damage the…

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