This statement applies to all the pages published on the domain: ‘https://european-union.europa.eu'
It does not apply to other content or websites published on any of its subdomains. Those websites and their content have their own specific accessibility statements.
This website is managed by Directorate-General for Communication, European Commission. It is designed to be used by as many people as possible, including people with disabilities.
You should be able to:
- e.g. zoom in up to 200% without problems
- navigate most of the website using just a keyboard
- navigate most of the website using a screen reader and speech recognition software (on your computer or phone)
Compliance status
This website is partially compliant with technical standard EN 301 549 v.3.2.1 and the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 Level AA. See ‘Non-accessible content’ for more details.
The website was last tested on 25 October 2024.
Preparation and review of this statement
This statement was last reviewed on 28 July 2026.
The statement is based on a review of a representative sample of web pages by an IAAP-qualified accessibility expert, using a combination of manual and automated testing.
Feedback
We welcome your feedback on this website's accessibility. If you experience any accessibility issues, please contact us:
- Phone: 00 800 6 7 8 9 10 11
- Contact form: Write to us (please refrain from providing sensitive information in the form, e.g. any information that would reveal personal financial information, information related to your health, or any other sensitive topic).
We aim to reply within 15 business days.
Non-accessible content
We do our best to ensure this website is accessible. However, we know some parts of the website are not yet fully accessible, and we are working to improve them. Below is the list of the main accessibility issues we are aware of, and, where possible, our plans to fix them.
Known issues:
- Video player – keyboard accessibility: We are aware of some issues with the keyboard accessibility of our video player (when selecting the caption language from the menu, it is not possible to use the arrow keys to move between languages, this can only be done with the TAB key).
- Video captions: Some of our videos do not have captions. We are continuously working on adding them to more videos.
- Audio description: Videos on this website do not have audio description.
- Heading Hierarchy: Some headings do not follow the correct heading hierarchy, which can cause problems for screen reader users.
- Footer: Links in the footer are not always visually distinguishable from ordinary text.
- Animations: Some pages contain animations, such as animated graphs, that cannot be paused, stopped or hidden.
- The editing system does not allow website owners to identify language changes inside a page or mark abbreviations.