Press releases

The European Consumer Organisation and its Slovak member ZSS met the Slovak First Secretary of State of the Ministry of the Economy, Mr Rastislav Chovanec, to present their expectations for the first ever Slovak EU Council Presidency.

A European Commission proposal presented today risks postponing a much acclaimed end to roaming charges scheduled for June 2017 into a distant future. The draft law – which requires agreement by the European Parliament and Member State governments – sets upper limits for so-called wholesale roaming prices.

At a meeting in Brussels today, EU transport ministers failed to put pressure on Volkswagen to compensate EU consumers over the use of a defeat device to hide air pollution emissions. However, European Commissioner for Internal Market and Industry Elżbieta Bieńkowska said during the meeting that Member States should assess all available legal tools to ensure that owners are compensated.