EPP-ED Group:

Parliament adopts Charter of Fundamental Rights

Wednesday, 28 November 2007
European Parliament, Brussels

Celebration of the approval of the Charter of Fundamental Rights
l-r: Joseph Daul MEP (France), Chairman of the EPP-ED Group in the European Parliament, Wilfried Martens, President of the EPP, Íñigo Méndez de Vigo MEP (EPP-ED, Spain), former Vice-Chairman of the European Convention which drafted the Charter, and Ingo Friedrich MEP (EPP-ED, Germany), who represented the European Parliament on the Convention in his capacity as the then Vice-President of the EP

The European parliament has debated and has officially approved the Charter of Fundamental Rights during the mini-plenary session on 28th-29th November.

The EPP-ED Group played a pioneering role in the promotion of the Charter and organised a special celebration on Wednesday, 28th November at which all Group Members were invited to sign the document before the plenary sitting.

The decision to draw up a Charter of Fundamental Rights for the European Union was taken at the Cologne European Council, held on 3 and 4 June 1999. The Charter of Fundamental Rights constitutes a cornerstone document which brings together in a single text all the civil, political, economic and social rights of both European citizens and of all those living in the Union.

These rights are divided into six main chapters: Dignity, Freedoms, Equality, Solidarity, Citizens’ Rights and Justice.

Each year since 2001, the European Parliament has drawn up a report on respect for the rights enshrined in the Charter.

Press releases:

28/11/2007

EPP-ED Group celebrates the approval of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights. Joseph Daul MEP, Chairman of the EPP-ED Group

27/11/2007

EPP-ED Group to celebrate approval of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights

Photos of the event

	The Charter of Fundamental Rights
	Parliament site on Charter of Fundamental Rights
	Committee on Constitutional Affairs