The next case of a „German Vote“ is looming over the Anti-Discrimination Directive, which has been lying dormant in the Council’s administration for 16 years. The directive, which was proposed by the Commission in 2008, is intended to extend the current ban on discrimination in the workplace to other areas – above all education, social security and access to products and services. As the directive was never able to achieve the necessary unanimity in the Council of Ministers, it has been blocked until now.