Activities of Miriam LEXMANN related to 2020/2209(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
The protection of persons with disabilities through petitions: lessons learnt (debate)
Amendments (8)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs highly appreciates the role of the Committee on Petitions as a bridge between the Union’s citizens, Parliament and the other EU institutions; whereas the right to petition the European Parliament is one of the fundamental rights of EU citizens; whereas the right to petition offers EU citizens and residents an open, democratic and transparent mechanism for addressing their elected representatives directly, and is therefore an important element of active citizens' participation in the EU’s fields of activity;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the right to petition should be more visible to all; whereas the Committee on Petitions should ensure that EU citizens and residents have sufficient information on this right i. a. through targeted information campaigns with the special focus on vulnerable groups including persons with disabilities;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas approximately 1 % of all petitions received each year by the Committee on Petitions relate to various disability issues which shows the interest and concerns of European citizens about the rights of persons with disabilities despite the low visibility of the opportunity to petition the Parliament among the disability communities; whereas social protection and employment rights, use of the European Structural and Investment Funds in compliance with EU regulations and the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UN CRPD), and other issues falling within the competences of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs, are among the most common disability equality concerns voiced in the petitions received by Parliament;
Amendment 25 #
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 which hinders their freedom of movement as one of the fundamental freedoms enshrined in the Treaties, access to public transport, accessibility of the built environment, goods and services, use of sign languages, financing of and equal access to education and vocational training, independent living and access to personal assistance and community inclusion;
Amendment 63 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission to ensure that the Member States comply with the relevant EU and UN obligations on the rights of persons with disabilities, in particular the UN CRPD and the CRPD Committee’s General Comments to the Convention, and with the relevant EU measures and funding rules, and to provide support to them and enable exchange of the best practices in this regard;
Amendment 100 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to conduct a thorough analysis of the national legislations concerning the criteria for the recognition of disability and its degrees and based on this, harmonise the definition of disability and to ensure mutual recognition of disability status across Member States, so as to ensure the free movement of persons with disabilities and their enjoyment of their EU citizenship rights;
Amendment 113 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the fact that as part of the Strategy for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2021-2030, an EU-wide Disability Card will be available by the end of 2023; Calls on the Commission to put forward a clear legislative proposal on the EU-wide Disability Card in a timely manner so the Card is available for all persons with disabilities within this time frame; Calls on the Commission in this regard to use the digital tools to create the EU-wide Disability Card widely accepted, accessible for all persons with disabilities and interconnected with other tools like Disability Parking Card; Calls furthermore on the Commission to use the European Disability Card to clarify all aspects of the portability of all rights connected to the officially recognized disability status;
Amendment 138 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Member States to implement without delay Directive (EU) 2019/882 (the European Accessibility Act) in order to effectively remove barriers for workers with disabilities, and to ensure the availability of accessible services and the suitability of the conditions under which these services are provided; Calls on the Member States to consider the interconnectivity between the accessibility of services and accessibility of the built environment and take it into account when transposing the European Accessibility Act into their national legislation;