Press releases

The European Parliament has voted to give greater powers to the European Medicines Agency (EMA) to help it better manage public health crises and improve access to critical medicines and medical devices for consumers.

Today, the European Commission proposed its Renewed Sustainable Finance Strategy, setting out how it intends to make the bloc’s financial system more sustainable. Despite some welcome initiatives, the Commission’s green investment labelling plans are heading dangerously in the wrong direction.

The European Commission today presented a proposal to reform the bloc’s main product safety law, called the General Product Safety Directive. Consumer groups welcome that the Commission proposes to improve the law in light of today’s product safety challenges, while retaining the spirit and strong points of the existing law.

Consumers are set to gain much-needed extra protections when they take out a loan, according to proposals the European Commission published today. With many consumers still feeling the financial effects of COVID-19, BEUC praises these added protections, which come just at the right time.