03-09-2018 15:00
Mini-hearing on minimum standards for minorities in the EU

The respect for the rights of persons belonging to minorities is one of the EU's founding principles and the effective protection of minorities across the EU needs to be strengthened. Minority communities have specific needs and their full equality should be promoted in all areas of economic, social, political and cultural life. To this end, the EP has called on the Commission to establish a policy standard for the protection of minorities, as the protection of these groups is part of the Copenhagen criteria, both for the candidate countries and for the Member States. The LIBE Committee is now currently working on an ow initiative report on Minimum standards for minorities in the EU (Rapporteur: Mr NAGY (EPP)), which is scheduled to be adopted in committee on 27 September 2018. The aim of this public hearing is to gather input by experts and stakeholders in the context of the committee's work on this report.