Responsible, Sustainable and Guilt-free: New Trends in Consumption | European Economic and Social Committee

Responsible, Sustainable and Guilt-free: New Trends in Consumption | European Economic and Social Committee

Representatives from consumer organisations, policy-makers and European institutions gathered at the 17th annual conference to discuss new trends in consumption. The European Consumer Day was organised by the European Economic and Social Committee. "My wish for Consumer Day is a consumer-centered European economy", said the European Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality, Vĕra Jourová, in her opening speech. The Commissioner emphasised the need to raise European citizens' awareness of consumer law. "Since May last year, we're running an awareness raising campaign in eight EU Member states to spread the message that consumers have robust rights, both on-line and offline. And we will spread this campaign to 6 more states this year", added Ms Jourová. (...)