Responding to hate"Too many people cannot be themselves without fears of discrimination, exclusion, or violence," Jourova said at the press conference.The commission stated in the plan that it was adopting the strategy "at a time where we are witnessing the erosion or backsliding of fundamental rights in some member states.""It is imperative that member states react quickly to reverse these new developments," the commission continued, expressing the E.U.'s desire to "be at the forefront of efforts to better protect LGBTIQ people's rights.""It's 2020, hate and discrimination of people from sexual minorities really does not belong to Europe," Jourova said.However, the commission recognizes there is much work that needs to be done to achieve.