AGE Platform Europe: AGE welcomes new Commission and highlights need for internal cooperation on ageing and demographic issues
Following the approval of the new European Commission by the European Parliament, AGE Platform Europe members welcome changes brought by President-elect Jean-Claude Juncker in some portfolios, which it believes are important steps to progress older people’s rights and fight age discrimination in Europe. However, AGE encourages the new Commissioners to strengthen their cooperation on some major cross-cutting societal issues, such as demographic ageing.
AGE hopes that the new Commission will strengthen its internal coordination and cooperation with civil society on issues linked to fundamental rights and demographic change, as this is essential for developing sustainable and result-driven policies on current major demographic issues.
