Translation of "Jouer au plus malin " (French → English) :

It encourages sectors and interest groups to take a much more pro-active role, as it believes that self-regulation, and in particular codes of conduct should play an important role in the future development of data protection in the EU and outside, not least in order to avoid excessively detailed legislation.

- jointly with the interest groups, identify areas in the acquis where the latter could play a role in implementation in practice, and try to find the most appropriate way to let them play this role.

This Communication has identified three areas in which the Commission can play a more effective role in the pursuit of the EU's human rights and democratisation objectives: through the promotion of coherence and consistency across EU and EC policies; through placing a higher priority on, and 'mainstreaming', human rights and democratisation objectives in the European Union's relations with third countries, in particular through political dialogue and strategic use of its external assistance programmes; and through adopting a more focussed and strategic approach to the European Initiative for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR).

Much like this government's shenanigans with health care, it has been playing games with young offenders funding.

The Commission proposes that the GSP should target the countries that need it most, such as the least developed countries (LDCs) and the most vulnerable among the other developing countries (small economies, land-locked countries and low-revenue countries) to help them to play a greater part in international trade.