Didier Reynders

• Ensuring the rule of law is upheld, including with the European Rule of Law Mechanism.
• Coordinating the Commission’s objective annual reporting, ensuring the same monitoring approach is applied in all Member States.
• Preventing and identifying breaches of the rule of law, supporting an early resolution of issues and proposing an effective, proportionate and dissuasive response as a last resort.   
• Focusing on tighter enforcement using, as a basis, ECJ judgments on the impact of breaches of the rule of law on EU law.
• Deepening cooperation with international organisations, including the Council of Europe.
• Leading on consumer empowerment and protection and protecting citizens’ rights.
• Improving judicial cooperation and the exchange of information between Member States and developing the justice area.
• Maximising the potential of new digital technologies to improve the EU’s justice systems.
• Cementing the role of justice policy in the fight terrorism and extremism and all aspects of the Security Union.
• Supporting the European Public Prosecutor’s Office, including extending its powers to investigate and prosecute in cases of cross-border terrorism.
• Ensuring full implementation and enforcement of the General Data Protection Regulation and promoting the European approach as a global model.
• Contributing to legislation towards a coordinated approach on the human and ethical implications of artificial intelligence.
• Ensuring company law contributes to the strategy on small and medium-sized businesses.

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