Press Release: Equality: European Commission closes cases against Germany on anti-discrimination rules

The European Commission has closed legal proceedings against Germany for incorrectly implementing two parts of EU anti-discrimination legislation. The EU rules concern discrimination in employment on grounds of religion, belief, disability, age and sexual orientation (Directive 2000/78/EC) and in employment in almost all other areas of everyday life on grounds of race (2000/43/EC). On the initiative of Commission Vice-President Viviane Reding, EU Commissioner for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship, the Commission has now closed the infringement cases against Germany concerning these two Directives.