19 Amendments of Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ related to 2015/2258(INI)
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 18 a (new)
Citation 18 a (new)
– having regard to the Commission communication of 25 October 2011 entitled ‘Social Business Initiative: Creating a favourable climate for social enterprises, key stakeholders in the social economy and innovation’ (COM(2011)0682),
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas the labour market participation ofunemployment rates among persons with disabilities continues to be problematic,worrying in the Member States - at 5841.5 %, compared with 8019.5 % among persons without disabilities and this prevents them from living an independent and active life;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas taking into account the unemployment rates of persons with disabilities, social protection provided by state plays a significant role in preventing poverty among people with disabilities and whereas data shows that in 2012 as many as 68,5% of people with disabilities would live in poverty without the social transfers, including pensions, received from the state;1a __________________ 1a EU-SILC data from 2012.
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H b (new)
Recital H b (new)
Hb. whereas austerity measures applied by Member States have resulted in cuts in social services, support to families and community-based services and caused disproportionally negative effects on adequate standard of living of persons with disabilities, especially of children with disabilities and their families;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H c (new)
Recital H c (new)
Hc. whereas the Commission has withdrawn its proposal on the Maternity Leave directive and therefore equal rights of mothers and fathers, children and adults are not sufficiently addressed in the EU work-life balance policy to this date;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H d (new)
Recital H d (new)
Hd. whereas Directive 2011/24/EU on patients´ rights in cross-border healthcare does not explicitly prohibit discrimination on the grounds of disability;
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Urges a comprehensive and cross- cutting review of EU legislation and funding programmes with a view to complying fully with the CRPD by constructively involving disability organisations and the members of the EU Framework for the CRPD (hereinafter the ‘EU Framework’); calls on the Commission to consider in this regard a need to develop an EU framework which would guarantee people with disabilities effective implementation of their rights and promote personal autonomy, accessibility, access to employment, social inclusion and independent life, and the eradication of all forms of discrimination;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the Commission to review the impact assessment guidelines and to modify them in order to include a more comprehensive list of issues to better assess compliance with the Convention;
Amendment 69 #
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 and reach an agreement on the proposal for a horizontal directive on equal treatment;
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. ICalls concerned about the lack of accessibility of the Commission together with Member States to make sure that the EU- wide 112 emergency number, which is causing unnecessary deaths and injur is fully accessible for people with disabilities;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Calls on the Commission to adopt an implementation plan in line with the Council conclusions on disability- inclusive disaster management of February 2015 and the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. ICalls concerned that the Commission to revise the Employment Equality Directive does noso that it explicitly makestates that the denial of reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities represents a form of discrimination;
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Calls on the Member States to make better use of EU Structural funds, in particular European Social Fund, to adapt workplaces and to provide necessary assistance for people with disabilities at work, to improve education and2 training with a view to improving labour market access and combating unemployment, poverty and social exclusion of people with disabilities; notes, in this regard, that the right to employment also involves the right to vocational training and promotion within enterprise;
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12b. Calls on the Member States to combine quotas and passive labour market policies, such as tax breaks and cash incentives, with active labour market policies – i.e. guidance and counselling, training and education, and quality job placements – to support the employment of people with disabilities;
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 c (new)
Paragraph 12 c (new)
12c. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to adopt a universal design standard for creating work place environment which takes into account the physical needs of persons with disabilities;
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 d (new)
Paragraph 12 d (new)
12d. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to further promote the employment of persons with disabilities via social and solidarity-based economy enterprises, and thus to help people with disabilities enter the labour market; calls on the Commission in this regard to further promote the newly emerged social investment market via the tools that have been created as part of the Social Business Initiative and to inform Parliament about its mid-term review results;
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Urges the Member States to adopt quality legal frameworks for traineeships with a view to ensuring social protection, reasonable accommodation and accessibility for persons with disabilities;
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Calls on the Member States to take urgent measures to prevent and reverse the negative effects that the austerity measures had on the social protection of people with disabilities; calls on the Commission to consider, in this regard, setting a social protection floor in EU at the level which would allow that the right to adequate standard of living and social protection of people with disabilities is respected;
Amendment 139 #
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; urges the Commission and the Member States, in this regard, to develop minimum income schemes, especially for people with disabilities and their families;