Introduction of the Agency's new Director, Mr Morten Kjaerum Presentation of the annual report in the presence of Ms Anastasia Crickley, Chair of the Management Board of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights

The first exchange of views of the LIBE meeting was devoted to the FRA. Its new Director Morten Kjaerum presented his vision of FRA's future and the Chair of the FRA Management Board, Anastasia Crickley, talked about the first annual report of the FRA (it was its official public launching). The FRA representatives informed the committee also that a report on homophobia requested by EP/LIBE a year ago is being finalised and its legal part will be made public on 30 June. The sociological part of the report will be available in September/October this year. The discussion was followed by a press conference of the LIBE chairman, Gerard Deprez and FRA Director,