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State of Play: EU Equality Legislation Negotiations

This article provides an overview of the negotiations on the EU equal treatment directive, discussing the 2008 proposal, the current state of negotiations, and the role of the new Commission.

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State of Play: EU Equality Legislation Negotiations

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  1. The equal treatment directivenegotiations' state of play Álvaro Oliveira Unit D1 – Equality Legislation DG Justice & Consumers - European Commission EU equality legislation against hate speech & discrimination … ILGA-Europe & ENORB - Brussels - 26 March 2015

  2. Outline 1 – The 2008 proposal 2 – The new Commission 3 – State of play of negotiations

  3. Existing equality legislation

  4. 1- The 2008 proposal for an Equal Treatment Directive • July 2008 • Prohibit discrimination • Based on disability, age, religion and sexual orientation • In Social protection (social security, healthcare), Education and Access to goods and services available to the public • AND for persons with disabilities: Accessibility and reasonable accommodation • except if entail a disproportionate burden • April 2009, EP resolution endorsing proposal • Stalemate in the Council … several MSs

  5. 2 - The New Commission • - A political committment • "Discrimination must have no place in our Union (…). I will therefore maintain the proposal for a directive in this field and seek to convince national governments to give up their current resistance in the Council." [and adopt it, …] • - A Commissioner • for "Gender Equality" • Mission letter

  6. 3 – Negotiations - state of play • EPSCO Council December 2014 • No to the enhanced cooperation procedure • Yes to Directive with complete scope • MT and CZ Rep. general support • New dynamic … • And the future ?

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