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Euroconsumers’ 2021 International Forum Kicks off on the 2nd December

The Forum will bring together high-level EU decision-makers, business leaders, academics, and more, to discuss the burning issues affecting consumers today, and that will shape our tomorrows, such as Artificial Intelligence, sustainability, innovation, and more.

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16-11-2021

Can the upcoming Data Act make data empowerment a reality for consumers?

New initiatives from the European Commission show its ambition for utilizing data to create a flourishing data economy - but is enough being done to let consumers play their role as crucial catalysts in the new data revolution?

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19-11-2021

Dieselgate: the long and winding road to consumer compensation

Six years after the Volkswagen Dieselgate scandal broke, Euroconsumers is still fighting for consumer compensation across Europe. Find out our progress, our many actions, and how the global scandal has impacted on collective redress in the EU.

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12-11-2021

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Latest At Euroconsumers

HARP project helps consumers understand home energy retrofits

Energy prices are hitting new heights across the EU, but most consumers are still relying on old and inefficient home energy systems with a high financial and carbon impact. OCU and Deco are part of the multistakeholder HARP project that is testing simple new ways to build consumer understanding of the problem and help them choose new efficient home solutions.

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24 nov. 21

Destruction of brand-new consumer goods harms circular economy goals

COP26 has focused everyone's mind on the need to speed up action on carbon reduction, waste and pollution to protect our planet. So the practice of companies deliberately destroying unsold or returned goods in perfect condition understandably causes alarm. Stronger rules are needed to stop the deliberate destruction of unsold products.

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05 nov. 21

Euroconsumers at the Web Summit

Euroconsumers is at the largest technology conference in the world to present the Space Shelter game, which aims to nurture preventive digital behaviors, and hand out the My Data is Mine Award, rewarding visionary contributions to data privacy.

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03 nov. 21

Winners of the 2021 My Data is Mine Award

Here the winners of the 2021 My Data is Mine Award at the Web Summit in Lisbon, the biggest technology conference in the world. Congratulations to Pietro Dunn and Giovanni De Gregorio, and to runner-up Machi Tsokos.

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03 nov. 21

Euroconsumers’ 2021 Bext Awards: Recognising excellence in consumer brands

The prizes awarded by Euroconsumers as an independent consumer organization, to the brands that have shown outstanding performances based on the results of the Euroconsumers' quality comparative tests and surveys carries out on products.

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03 sept. 21