MEPs push Council to unblock horizontal anti-discrimination law

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The European Parliament has announced that Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) have pushed the Council of the EU to unblock the horizontal anti-discrimination directive which has been in deadlock since 2008. They have argued that the passerelle clause should be activated and that legal protection against discrimination applied in an equivalent manner across all discrimination grounds is needed, not just at the workplace and labour market. MEPs have also highlighted issues such as non-compliance with case law by the European Court of Justice and European Court of Human Rights, insufficient reporting of discrimination, lack of data on equality and poor documentation.