Activities of Joanna KOPCIŃSKA related to 2020/2209(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the protection of persons with disabilities through petitions: lessons learnt
Amendments (9)
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas there are approximately 87 million persons with disabilities in Europe1a; _________________ 1aCommissioner Dalli on Rights of Persons with Disabilities https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscor ner/detail/en/SPEECH_21_1015
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas nearly one in four EU citizens surveyed reported some degree of functional limitations due to health conditions1b; _________________ 1bhttps://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics- explained/index.php?title=Functional_an d_activity_limitations_statistics
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas it is generally acknowledged that persons with disabilities continue to face multiple obstacles and discrimination in everyday life and that they do not enjoy the fundamental freedoms and rights laid down in numerous EU and UN documents, such as mutual recognition of disability status between Member States, access to public transport, accessibility of the builtphysical1c environment, use of sign languages, financing of and equal access to education and vocational training, access to personal assistance and community inclusion; _________________ 1c https://www.un.org/development/desa/disa bilities/convention-on-the-rights-of- persons-with-disabilities/article-9- accessibility.html
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the average gap between the employment rates of persons with and without disabilities in the EU is 25%1d; _________________ 1dCOM(2019)653/F1 - PL (europa.eu), p.89
Amendment 51 #
Da. whereas, due to the difficult situation during the COVID-19 crisis, institutions for persons with disabilities and older people, such as day centres or schools have been temporarily closed; whereas in this emergency situation the care of persons with intellectual disabilities has fallen to their family members; whereas petitioners have appealed to the Committee on Petitions regarding the institutions that have remained open, pointing to the difficult health situation, the lack of staff, the lack of protective and disinfectant products and, as a consequence, the high rates of illness and death in these institutions;
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion
Recital D b (new)
Recital D b (new)
Db. whereas the catalogue of allowances and rights deriving from disability status varies from one Member State to another, as do the entities which define and recognise these rights;
Amendment 69 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses that Member States should step up their efforts in providing support for persons with disabilities in the following priority areas: health, education, accessibility, employment and working conditions, independent living, coordination, living conditions, social protection and raising awareness;
Amendment 103 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to harmonise the definition of disability andMember States to ensure mutual recognition of disability status across Member States based on the Convention definition of disability, so as to ensure the free movement of persons with disabilities and their enjoyment of their EU citizenship rights;
Amendment 164 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Stresses that persons with disabilities should be guaranteed access to health care and education, including during crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic, and Member States should tackle all forms of discrimination and exclusion in this area;