The European Ministers for Social Affairs, meeting in Luxembourg at the Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council (EPSCO), have given the green light to the general approach on directives aimed at strengthening equality bodies (see EUROPE B13196A20). Negotiated by the Swedish Presidency of the EU Council in just six months, they differ from the European Commission’s December 2022 texts in terms of the independence, resources and powers granted to the bodies (see...