Annual reports on the application of the Charter

Background

Since 2010, the European Commission publishes annual reports on the application of the Charter.  Following the 2020 Strategy to strengthen the application of the Charter of Fundamental Rights in the EU, the Charter reports focus on different thematic areas of strategic relevance governed by EU law. The reports provide an overview on the achievements and challenges identified in the chosen policy area.

2025 Charter report

Marking the mid-point in the implementation of the 2020 Strategy to strengthen the application of the Charter of Fundamental Rights in the EU, the 2025 Charter report takes stock of the implementation of the Charter strategy.

The report presents the results of the mid-term review the Commission carried out in 2025 out to assess the implementation of the measures taken  pursuant to the Charter strategy since 2020 to strengthen the Charter’s application at the EU level and in the Member States.

The report  emphasises that most of the EU-level measures have been implemented, highlights the remaining challenges and identifies where further efforts are needed to deepen the implementation of the Charter strategy during the second half of its implementation period (2026-2030).

The report concludes that determined action is needed to further strengthen the protection of the fundamental rights of the Charter across all EU policy areas and at national, regional and local levels in the Member States. It seeks to guide future engagement by setting out further policy measures to strengthen the strategy’s implementation from 2026 to 2030 and to support deeper cooperation among EU institutions, Member States, and other stakeholders.

The Commission has gathered data for the report through various targeted consultations, including with Member States, Charter focal points,  local and regional authorities, justice practitioners, judicial training providers and their organisations, civil society, independent fundamental rights bodies and EU institutions. It also organised consultation meetings and published a call for evidence.

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Targeted consultations

The report relies on the Commission's qualitative assessment of the feedback from targeted consultations. Input was provided by Member States, Charter focal points, local and regional authorities, the European Network of National Human Rights Institutions, the European Network of Equality Bodies,  the European Network of Ombudsmen and their members, as well as justice practitioners, judicial training providers and their networks, as well as Commission services and the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights. It is also based on the results of an online consultation of CSOs run through the Fundamental Rights Agency Civil Society Platform, as well as contributions for other Commission reports, such as the Rule of Law reports. The Commission also held a series of consultation meetings with the Council Working Party on Fundamental Rights, Citizens Rights and Free Movement of Persons; Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs of the European Parliament; Commission for Citizenship, Governance, Institutional and External Affairs (CIVEX) of the European Committee of the Regions; Ad hoc group on Fundamental Rights and the Rule of Law of the European Economic and Social Committee; and the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR).

2025 Report - FRA summary of civil society consultation