EU rights agencies lack teeth, report says

Equality agencies, national human rights institutions and data protection authorities across Europe often lack resources, are not sufficiently independent from governments and have mandates that are too weak to be able to fulfill their role of protecting citizens, the EU's Fundamental Rights Agency has warned.

In a series of four reports the agency itself describes as "shocking" issued on Friday, the FRA has called upon the European Union and its member states to provide additional supp...