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Equal treatment is enshrined in the Treaty of Amsterdam and is a fundamental right belonging to every citizen. In order to take stock of the progress that has been made in fighting discrimination and to gather opinions on how the Union might step up its action in this area, the Commission set up a broad consultation in the form of a Green Paper entitled ‘Equality and Non-Discrimination in an Enlarged EU’ in May 2004.
This Green Paper gave rise to the idea of setting up a ‘European Year of Equal Opportunities for All’ in 2007, an initiative with four objectives, namely to raise public awareness, to encourage debate, to celebrate diversity and to promote respect and tolerance.
The EU now has legislation in the field of combating discrimination, yet many citizens do not know that such legislation exists or know little about it. As such, I welcome a media event on the scale of a ‘European Year’ being organised, in that it is an excellent tool for raising awareness among, and providing information to, the European public. The European Year is also a means of exerting pressure on Member States that are dragging their feet in terms of transposing directives on equality."@en1
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