21 Amendments of Tiziana BEGHIN related to 2015/2258(INI)
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls foron the EU to ratify the Optional Protocol to the CRPD;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Asks the Commission to proposefor an update of the declaration of competence in light of the Concluding Observations, to be repeated periodically with the formal involvement of disability organisations and the European Parliament;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to set up a structured dialogue with disability organisations; recommends, in addition, that the opinion of, and information provided by, disability organisations be taken into due consideration when proposals are drawn up;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to involve as much as possible national, regional and local organizations of persons with disabilities in the programming of Operational programmes in the context of ESI Funds; stresses moreover the importance of guaranteeing full accessibility of people with disabilities to Erasmus +, Youth Guarantee and EURES initiatives;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to review the European Disability Strategy and to develop a comprehensive EU CRPD strategy with a clear timeframe, benchmarks and indicators; advocates that benchmarks and indicators should not be general ones, but should be specific and precise;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to take steps to combat all forms of discrimination, including multiple and intersectional discrimination based on disability, with special regard to women and children with disabilities and to those whose disabilities change over time; calls furthermore on the Commission to improve and strengthen the provisions of Directive 2010/18/EU regarding the conditions of eligibility and detailed rules for granting parental leave to those who have children with a disability or serious or long-term incapacitating illness;
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Stresses the need to provide for a uniform system of sanctions throughout the EU to punish any behaviour, wherever it might be, that is in breach of the CRPD or that involves unequal treatment on grounds of disability;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Stresses that the European Union should take appropriate measures to ensure that all persons with disabilities deprived of their legal capacities can exercise all the rights enshrined in EU Treaties and legislation such as access to justice, to goods and services, including banking and employment and healthcare, as well as voting and consumer rights;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Regrets the fact that in many Member States there are still school buildings with architectural barriers that constitute an odious form of discrimination against children and young people with disabilities; calls on the Commission and the Member States, therefore, to increase available funding to ensure that architectural barriers in schools and universities are banished forever;
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Is concerned about the lack of accessibility of the EU-wide 112 emergency number, which is causing unnecessary deaths and injuries; stresses that accessibility must be improved for people with disabilities and calls upon Member States to take urgently all the necessary steps to ensure a high-quality emergency service for persons with disabilities;
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to finance start-ups which operate in the field of security and safety for persons with disabilities through technological innovation;
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to ensure that employment- related rights and services, including reasonable accommodation in the context of the Employment Equality Directive, are portable and in line with the freedom of movement for persons with disabilities; recommends, moreover, that the right to free movement for persons with disabilities be guaranteed by all Member States;
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Calls for all possible measures to be taken to ensure that persons with disabilities are integrated into the labour market in accordance with their 'disability ID cards' and function cards to ensure that legal requirements are complied with and to prevent workers with disabilities from having to perform tasks that are not appropriate for their condition;
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12b. Points out that in order to prevent persons with disabilities from being made redundant, it is vital to allow them to perform their work in accordance with specific legislation; recommends, moreover, that proper controls be implemented, in addition to cooperation with job centres and companies, in order to prevent persons with disabilities from being marginalised from the labour market and in order to harness their full potential;
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Stresses that with regard to the European Structural and Investment Funds, too, it should be affirmed that transparency principles should govern the entire procedure, from the allocation of funds to their actual use;
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on the Member States to prevent or alleviate poverty, vulnerability and social exclusion among persons with disabilities and their families in the context of a European Pillar of Social Rights; recalls that the UNCRPD committee in its concluding observations highlighted the disproportionately adverse and retrogressive effect the austerity measures in the EU have been producing on the adequate standard of living of persons with disabilities, thus suggesting the provision of a minimum social protection floor, to be introduced in accordance with national practice;
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Calls on Member States to refrain from cuts on disability-related benefits, community-based services, health services, training and education programmes that will undermine the UNCRPD and will increase even more the level of poverty and social exclusion;
Amendment 144 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Urges the Commission and the Member States, once again for the purpose of combating the social exclusion of persons with disabilities and their families, to promote, on the basis of common rules, measures to combat the poverty faced by many families of disadvantaged individuals, with reference to clear indicators on which to base the necessary care;
Amendment 170 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Urges all the EU Member States to properly acknowledge the key role of family caregivers, ensuring them a proper social and economic recognition and implementing measures of direct material support, such as protection of pension entitlements or subsidies that reduce the full cost of service for carers; calls on the Commission to carry out a study aimed at analysing the legal status, or the lack thereof, of family caregivers in all Member States;
Amendment 173 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Calls on the EU institutions to facilitate smart working among employees with disabilities;
Amendment 178 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27a. Calls on the EU and Member States to deliver effective measures aimed at tackling segregation and rejection of students with disabilities in schools and learning environments, making all the necessary efforts to ensure they fully enjoy their right to inclusive and quality formal, non-formal and informal education, including accommodation and support needed;