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The Minister of Social Rights Consumption and Agenda 2030 Pablo Bustinduy has participated in a meeting of the European Consumer Organization in which different organizations have shown their support for the sanctions imposed by the Executive to five Low Cost airlines. The Minister of Social Rights Consumption and Agenda 2030 Pablo Bustinduy during the Executive Meeting of the European Consumer Organization.
The Minister of Social Rights Consumption and Agenda 2030 Pablo Bustinduy has participated in the Executive Meeting of the European Consumer Organization known as Beuc by its acronym in French (Bureau Europeen des Unions de Consommateurs). The meeting has been held exceptionally in Spain specifically at the headquarters inMadrid of the OCU (Organization of Consumers and Users) for the 50th anniversary of this entity. During the meeting Agustin Reyna general director of the BEUC which represents 44 consumer organizations in 31 European countries has transferred the support of all these groups to Minister Bustinduy towards the sanctions that imposed from consumption to five Low Cost airlines for abusive practices such as collecting supplements for hand luggage adjacent to accompany To dependent persons.
In statements to media Pablo Bustinduy has thanked the support of the BEUC to the sanctions of the Government of Spain and has celebrated that more and more complaints are added in European countries for abusive airline practices something that denotes the growing concern in Europe for the defense of consumers. We are working for institutions to stop protecting companies more than consumers said Espana has become a reference to being the first country to impose this type of sanctions for abusive practices in airlines. With these sanctions Spain is leading a change in trend in Europe so that the rights of citizenship are put to the abusive practices of large companies and so that consumption relations are more democratic fair and transparent. Likewise the minister has urged that this change in trend is transferred to the rest of the European countries PARA which is essential he said the work of consumer organizations in the different countries of the continent today represented in this executive session of the BEUC. Companies cannot systematically violate the rights of the consumer with impunity he said and has reiterated that the actions undertaken by the ministry that leads aimed to transfer the message that no company however large or powerful is above the law.
The first to act but we will not be the only ones Bustinduy said referring to the processes that are already being launched in other European countries taking as reference the actions undertaken by the Spanish government and towards which the minister has transferred his collaboration to share our experience and support these efforts. Once again once again the support received by all of them in the European and also in Spain as a on the side of consumers in front of emDams that abuse consumers and violate European law. At the same time the head of the European consumer organization has highlighted the importance of consumer defense policy as a central axis of the development of the European Single Market. For this reason during the Executive Meeting of the BEUC the complaints filed by consumer associations of different countries have been discussed against the abusive practices of the airlines Low Cost and new actions have been assessed to promote that these infractions are sanctioned and stopped in the European Union and in the different countries that are part of the continent.
On the other hand Ileena Izverniceanu Director of Communication and Institutional Relations of OCU stressed that the organization that represents is working to ensure that consumers who have been victims of abuse by the airlines can be compensated explained that parTo this the OCU has launched a witness lawsuit to claim the return of paid for cabin luggage in cases that concern Ryanair. Likewise he recalled the early European Vocation of the OCU which entered Beuc in 1979 and the importance that this entity has had in Spain that now fulfills its 50th anniversary. An ephemeris for which both Minister Bustinduy and the director of the Beuc have expressed his congratulation to the OCU. In addition at the Executive MeetingBeuc has been discussed about the organizations action plans in relation to the new European consumer agenda 2025-2030 one of the main challenges that in the words of the entity itself must face the European Commission in its new legislature. Among them the need to increase consumers safety in their online activities where according to data from the European Commission itself 45% of consumers have been the victim of scams on the Internet and where aImportant part of citizenship suffers unfair practices such as false reviews and deceptive discounts. Also the BEUC has pointed out the application and compliance with European legislation must be guaranteed including the imposition of sanctions to companies that do not respect consumer rights.
