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2015/2258(INI) Implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities with special regard to the concluding observations of the UN CPRD Committee
Next event: Indicative plenary sitting date, 1st reading/single reading 2016/07/04
Lead committee dossier: EMPL/8/03875
Legal Basis RoP 052
Next event: Indicative plenary sitting date, 1st reading/single reading 2016/07/04
Role | Committee | Rapporteur | Shadows |
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Opinion | AFET | HOWITT Richard (S&D) | |
Opinion | CULT | COSTA Silvia (S&D) | |
Opinion | DEVE | HAUTALA Heidi (Verts/ALE) | |
Lead | EMPL | STEVENS Helga (ECR) | KÓSA Ádám (EPP), BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ Vilija (S&D), HARKIN Marian (ALDE), KUNEVA Kostadinka (GUE/NGL), ŽDANOKA Tatjana (Verts/ALE), AGEA Laura (EFD), MÉLIN Joëlle (ENF) |
Opinion | FEMM | ESTARÀS FERRAGUT Rosa (EPP) | |
Opinion | JURI | HAUTALA Heidi (Verts/ALE) | |
Opinion | LIBE | ANDERSON Martina (GUE/NGL) | |
Opinion | PETI | ESTARÀS FERRAGUT Rosa (EPP) | |
Opinion | REGI | HEDH Anna (S&D) | |
Opinion | TRAN | ŠKRLEC Davor (Verts/ALE) |
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Subjects
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2016/07/04
Indicative plenary sitting date, 1st reading/single reading
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2015/10/29
Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
Documents
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2015/03/03
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130 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 1 – having regard to Title V of the Treaty on European Union (TEU), in particular Articles 21, 24, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46,
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas the European Council of December 2013 decided to examine the financial aspects of EU missions and operations, including the review of the Athena mechanism, in order to ensure that procedures and rules enable the Union to be faster, more flexible and efficient in the deployment of EU civilian missions and military operations;
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Deplores, in this context, the fact that the review of the Athena mechanism has not
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17.
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17.
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Supports initiatives to explore the possibility of attracting and managing financial contributions from third countries or international organisations within Athena
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18.
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Recalls that the Lisbon Treaty provides the EU with new CSDP provisions which are yet untapped; encourages the Council to make use of Article 44 TEU, enabling a group of willing Member States to go ahead with the implementation of a CSDP task;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Recalls that the Lisbon Treaty provides the EU with new CSDP provisions which are yet untapped; encourages the Council to make use of Article 44 TEU, enabling a group of willing Member States to go
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C a (new) Ca. whereas, according to the provisions of the Lisbon Treaty, the EU High Representative is also the Vice-President of the Commission, the Head of the European Defence Agency and also Chairs the Foreign Affairs Council of the European Union; whereas, according to article 45 of the TEU, the European Defence Agency "shall carry out its tasks in liaison with the Commission where necessary";
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19.
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Calls on the Council to initiate the setting-up of the start-up fund (foreseen by Article 41(3) TEU) for the urgent financing of the initial phases of military operations, which could also serve as a strong tool for capacity development; calls on the Council to put forward a proposal on how in a crisis situation the consultation of the European Parliament can be done quickly; notes that, while civilian missions benefit from a dedicated budget for preparatory measures, the deployment and efficiency of military missions will remain structurally hindered as long as this possibility is not used; strongly encourages Member States to engage in the permanent structured cooperation provided for by Article 46 TEU, which would also considerably strengthen the EU rapid reaction capability; regrets in this regard the lack of substance in the Council's Policy Framework for Systematic and Long-Term Defence Cooperation adopted on 18 November 2014 because the paper just describes current practices; calls therefore on the Commission to put forward the necessary proposal to clarify how the EU budget can facilitate the establishment of the permanent structure cooperation (PESCO) and the work of military peacetime cooperation within the PESCO framework;
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Calls on the Council to initiate, during the current budget year, the setting-up of the start-up fund (foreseen by Article 41(3) TEU) for the urgent financing of the initial phases of military operations, which could also serve as a strong tool for capacity development; notes that, while civilian missions benefit from a dedicated budget for preparatory measures, the deployment and efficiency of military missions will remain structurally hindered as long as this possibility is not used; strongly encourages Member States to engage in the permanent structured cooperation provided for by Article 46 TEU, which would also considerably strengthen the EU rapid reaction capability;
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Calls on the Council to initiate as soon as possible the setting-up of the start-up fund (foreseen by Article 41(3) TEU) for the urgent and rapid financing of the initial phases of military operations, which could also serve as a strong tool for capacity development; notes that, while civilian missions benefit from a dedicated budget for preparatory measures, the deployment and efficiency of military
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Calls on the Council to initiate the setting-up of the start-up fund (foreseen by Article 41(3) TEU) for the urgent financing of the initial phases of military operations, which could also serve as a strong tool for capacity development; notes that, while civilian missions benefit from a dedicated budget for preparatory measures, the deployment and efficiency of military missions will remain structurally hindered as long as this possibility is not used; strongly encourages Member States to engage in the permanent structured cooperation provided for by Article 46 TEU,
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 a (new) 19a. Is surprised that there are as yet no European-level tax incentives to cooperation and pooling; takes note of the call by the December 2013 Council for such arrangements to be explored, and finds it regrettable that, a year on, discussions have not yet produced any tangible measures in this regard; notes that the Belgian Government already grants VAT exemptions, on an ad hoc basis, to the preparatory phases of certain EDA projects, e.g. for satellite communications; believes that such exemptions should be applied as a matter of course and should be extended to infrastructure and to specific capability- related programmes, taking as a model the existing mechanism within NATO or the existing EU mechanism for civilian research infrastructures; calls for the development of any other incentive that could encourage capability cooperation between Europeans;
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20.
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Stresses that transparency and accountability are essential requirements not only for democratic scrutiny but also for the adequate functioning, and the credibility, of missions carried out under the EU flag; welcomes the reporting mechanisms provided for by the interinstitutional agreement of 2 December 2013, such as the joint consultation meetings on CFSP and the quarterly reports on the CFSP budget;
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Stresses that transparency and accountability are essential requirements not only for democratic scrutiny but also for the adequate functioning, and the credibility, of missions carried out under the EU flag; welcomes the reporting mechanisms provided for by the interinstitutional agreement of 2 December 2013, such as the
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Stresses that transparency and accountability are essential requirements not only for democratic scrutiny but also for the adequate functioning, and the credibility, of missions carried out under the EU flag; welcomes the reporting mechanisms provided for by the interinstitutional agreement of 2 December 2013, such as the joint consultation
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Notes that the EU and its Member States are by far the main funders of peace operations, while CSDP operations and missions represent only a small part of all funding;
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Stresses that transparency and accountability are essential requirements not only for democratic scrutiny but also for the adequate functioning, and the credibility, of missions carried out under the EU flag; welcomes the reporting mechanisms provided for by the interinstitutional agreement of 2 December 2013, such as the joint consultation meetings on CFSP and the quarterly reports on the CFSP budget; calls on the Commission to make an extensive interpretation of Article 49 (1)
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21. Looks forward to initiatives which would bring clarity and consistency as to the financing and operating rules applying to civilian missions;
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22. Encourages the VP/HR to take
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22. Encourages the VP/HR to take
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 23. Takes the view that the next European Council on defence should not waste an opportunity to have a deep discussion and produce concrete proposals on reforming the financial arrangements for CSDP missions and operations;
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 23. Takes the view that the next European Council on defence should not waste an opportunity to have a deep discussion and produce concrete proposals on reforming the financial arrangements for CSDP missions and operations; calls on the European Council, at that meeting, to consider establishing a new form of closer coordination on a firmer footing within European defence forces, between Member States and at EU level, to be achieved by effective pooling of all resources, capabilities, and assets; urges the Member States to deliver on the commitments undertaken at the European Council of December 2013;
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 23. Takes the view that the next European Council on defence should not waste an opportunity to have a deep discussion and produce concrete proposals on reforming the financial arrangements for CSDP missions and operations; urges the Member States to deliver on the commitments undertaken at the European Council of December 2013; considers it necessary for the next European Defence Council to take concrete steps to improve the EU’s defence capabilities in a manner complementing NATO, to maintain and consolidate the European Defence Agency and to provide support for a common industrial and technological base;
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 23. Takes the view that the next European Council on defence should not waste an opportunity to have a deep discussion and produce concrete proposals on reforming the financial arrangements for CSDP missions and operations; in order to make them more efficient, more successful urges the Member States to deliver on the commitments undertaken at the European Council of December 2013;
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 23. Takes the view that the next European Council on defence should
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 a (new) 23a. Calls on the Commission to support the efforts made by the Member States to put into effect the decisions adopted by the European Council on bolstering defence capabilities, bearing in mind the budgetary constraints facing some Member States.
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Notes that the EU and its Member States are by far the main funders of peace operations, while CSDP operations and missions represent only a small part of all funding;
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 24. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the President of the European Council,
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Notes that the EU and its Member States are by far the main funders of peace operations, while
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Notes that the EU and its Member States are
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Notes that the EU and its Member States are by far the main funders of peace operations, while CSDP operations and missions
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Notes that the EU and its Member States are by far the main funders of peace operations, while CSDP operations and missions represent only a small part of all funding;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Notes that the EU and its Member States are by far the main funders of peace operations, while CSDP operations and
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 10 a (new) - having regard to the 2014 annual report and to the 2013 financial report of the European Defence Agency,
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Calls on the VP/HR and the Member States to unleash the full potential of the
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Calls on the VP/HR and the Member States to
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Calls on the VP/HR and the Member States to unleash the full potential of the Lisbon Treaty with regard to a faster and more flexible use of the CSDP missions and operations by setting-up, for instance, permanent structured cooperation, as foreseen by article 46 of the TEU, enabling EU cooperation on defence matters;
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Calls on the VP/HR and the Member States to unleash the full potential of the Lisbon Treaty, and especially of its article 44, with regard to a faster and more flexible use of the CSDP missions and operations;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Notes
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Notes
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Notes with concern that despite a combined yearly defence budget of some EUR 190 billion, the Member States are still unable to meet the 1999 Helsinki Headline Goals; recalls the ambitious civilian headline goals set by the EU;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Notes with concern that despite a combined yearly defence budget of some EUR 190 billion, the Member States are still unable to meet the 1999 Helsinki Headline Goals; recalls the ambitious civilian headline goals set by the EU;
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Notes with concern that despite a combined yearly defence budget of some EUR 190 billion, the Member States are still unable to meet the 1999 Helsinki Headline Goals; recalls the ambitious civilian headline goals set by the EU; calls for the EU to be strengthened as a
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Notes with concern that despite a combined yearly defence budget of some EUR 190 billion, the Member States are still unable to meet the 1999 Helsinki Headline Goals; recalls the ambitious civilian headline goals set by the EU; calls for the EU to be strengthened as an actor in defence, and regrets the lack of a clear military doctrine which operationalises the tasks listed in Article 43 TEU (the expanded ‘Petersberg tasks’); strongly advocates closer
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas the
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Notes with concern that despite a combined yearly defence budget of some EUR 190 billion, the Member States are still unable to meet the 1999 Helsinki Headline Goals; recalls the ambitious civilian headline goals set by the EU; calls for the EU to be strengthened as an actor in defence in the context of NATO, and regrets the lack of a clear military doctrine which operationalises the tasks listed in Article 43 TEU (the expanded ‘Petersberg tasks’); strongly advocates closer defence coordination and cooperation within a NATO context between Member States and at EU level, in particular pooling and sharing of resources, capabilities and assets;
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Notes with concern that despite a combined yearly defence budget of some EUR 190 billion, the Member States are still unable to meet the 1999 Helsinki
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Notes that the level of funding for civilian CSDP missions under the CFSP chapter of the EU budget has declined over the past years
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4.
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Notes that the level of funding for civilian CSDP missions under the CFSP chapter of the EU budget has declined over the past years and is expected to stay stable as part of the multiannual financial framework 2014-2020; regrets that civilian missions have been affected by the generalised shortfall of payment appropriations, obliging the Commission to delay the payment of EUR 22 million to 2015 as a mitigating measure; welcomes,
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to focus greater attention on conflict prevention measures and post-conflict management measures aimed at keeping the peace;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Welcomes the concrete measures and pragmatic solutions introduced recently by the Commission within the existing framework of financial rules in order to shorten financial procedures; deplores, however, the still significant delays in procuring essential equipment and services to the missions under the CSDP, partially due to the often slow process of adopting decisions by the Council, but also to a certain lack of flexibility of the financial rules, and the resulting negative effect on the missions’ functioning; stresses the importance of CSDP joint disarmament missions seeking to provide military advice and assistance, as well as launching post-conflict stabilisation operations; recalls that the Court of Auditors already criticised this in its 2012 Special Report on the EU assistance to Kosovo related to the rule of law;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Welcomes the concrete measures and pragmatic solutions introduced recently by the Commission within the existing framework of financial rules in order to shorten financial procedures concerning the CSDP civilian mission; deplores, however, the still significant delays in procuring essential equipment and services to the CSDP missions under the C
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Welcomes the concrete measures and pragmatic solutions introduced recently by the Commission within the existing framework of financial rules in order to shorten financial procedures; deplores, however, the still significant delays in procuring essential equipment and services to the missions under the CSDP, partially due to the often slow process of adopting
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas the increasingly
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Welcomes the concrete measures and pragmatic solutions introduced recently by the Commission within the existing framework of financial rules in order to shorten financial procedures; deplores, however, the still significant delays in procuring essential equipment and services to the missions under the CSDP, partially due to the often slow process of adopting decisions by the Council, but also to a certain lack of
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Welcomes the concrete measures and pragmatic solutions introduced recently by the Commission within the existing framework of financial rules in order to shorten financial procedures; deplores, however, the still significant delays in procuring essential equipment and services to the missions under the CSDP, partially due to the often slow process of adopting decisions by the Council, but also to a certain lack of flexibility of the financial rules, and the resulting negative effect on the missions’ functioning, and potentially on the safety of missions; recalls that the Court of Auditors already criticised this in its 2012 Special Report on the EU assistance to Kosovo related to the rule of law;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Welcomes the concrete measures and pragmatic solutions introduced recently by the Commission within the existing framework of financial rules in order to shorten financial procedures; deplores, however, the still significant delays in procuring essential equipment and services to the missions under the CSDP, partially due to the often slow process of adopting decisions by the Council, but also to a certain lack of flexibility of the financial rules, and the resulting negative effect on
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Urges the Commission to mitigate these shortfalls
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Urges the Commission to mitigate these shortfalls, and to propose the necessary adaptations to financial rules for civilian CSDP missions, in order to facilitate the rapid and flexible conduct of missions, while guaranteeing sound financial management of the EU resources and an adequate protection of the Union’s financial interests;
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Urges the Commission to mitigate these shortfalls, and to propose the necessary adaptations to financial rules for civilian CSDP missions, in order to facilitate the rapid
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Urges the Commission to take note of recent jihadist terrorist attacks and accordingly step up security in public buildings in Europe, given that it presents the easiest target for jihadists, who have issued the Commission with a warning of a further terrorist strike;
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 b (new) 6b. Calls on the Commission and Member States to conduct an annual evaluation of the overall costs of security and defence policies, including a transparent presentation of procurement procedures, with a view to managing the budget allocated to this field as efficiently as possible in the future;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7.
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas the increasingly volatile security environment, characterised with new risks and threats to which no Member State can cope with alone; calls for a strengthening of the CSDP to make it a more effective policy instrument;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7.
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Strongly encourages the
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Strongly encourages the centralisation of mission support functions trough setting up of a Shared Services Centre (SSC), together with an Integrated Resource Management System (IRMS), as a way to improve the speed of deployment, and cost-efficiency, of civilian missions; deplores that this initiative has been in a stalemate so far; notes that
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Believes that the chronic constraints of the EEAS/Civilian Planning and Conduct Capability’s administrative budget should be fast alleviated, as the yearly budget allocation remains too small to cater for all planning, conduct and support tasks, notably when more missions are launched almost simultaneously;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Takes the view that the permanent
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Takes the view that the permanent CSDP Warehouse, which currently only serves new CSDP civilian missions, should quickly be upgraded by enlarging its scope to include existing missions and by improving the availability of stored equipment
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Stresses the need for adequate staffing of missions in line with the various commitments made by Member States in this respect (e.g. the Civilian Headline Goal 2010, the Multi-Annual Civilian
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Stresses the need for adequate staffing of missions in line with the various commitments made by Member States in this respect (e.g. the Civilian Headline Goal 2010, the Multi-Annual Civilian Capability Development Plan); deplores, however, the difficulties to recruit – and keep – a sufficient number of qualified personnel for CSDP missions; requests that the benefits and problems associated with the deployment of battle groups have to be scrutinised before an informed decision can be made in regards to the extent to which the CRTs would be used and possibly expanded; encourages the widespread use of rapidly deployable Civilian Response Teams (CRTs), which would increase the rapid reaction capacity of the EU, facilitate swift build-up of missions and contribute to the effectiveness of its crisis management response;
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas the increasingly volatile external security environment calls for a strengthening of the CSDP to make it a more effective policy instrument; whereas the Union needs to make its external borders more secure;
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new) 10a. Regrets the opacity and the high costs that prevail in the selection process of the private companies chosen to ensure the security of the CSDP civilian missions' personnel; Calls for the setup of a security framework contract specific to CSDP civilian missions in order to lower the fares charged by private security companies and to make that selection process more transparent; Believes that European companies should be prioritized in that context;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Considers that the CSDP should be viewed as part of the broader
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Considers that the CSDP
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Considers that the CSDP should be viewed as part of the broader CFSP framework and of EU external action as a whole; strongly believes that coherence and complementarity should be ensured between the various instruments to achieve economies of scale and maximise the impact of EU spending; is convinced that the EU has more tools and leverage potential than any other supranational institution, given that its security and defence policy can be reinforced by a comprehensive approach with other types of EU instruments and financing mechanisms; believes, therefore, that CFSP resources should be used in a smarter way by
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Considers that the CSDP should be viewed as part of the broader CFSP framework and of EU external action as a whole; strongly believes that coherence and complementarity should be ensured between the various instruments to achieve economies of scale and maximise the impact of EU spending; is convinced that
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Calls for better military-civilian synergies where appropriate
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Calls for better military-civilian synergies where appropriate, notably in the areas of planning and coordination, logistics, transport and the security of missions, while respecting the different chains of command and the different nature of civilian and military missions;
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Calls for better military-civilian synergies where appropriate, notably in the areas of logistics, transport and the security of missions, while respecting the different chains of command and
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Calls for better military-civilian synergies where appropriate, notably in the areas of logistics, transport and the security of missions, while respecting the different chains of command and the different nature of civilian and military missions; considers, however, that the EU should above all focus on civilian missions so as best to play a soft-power role based on its ability to convince and on mediation;
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas the increasingly volatile security environment within and outside the Union calls for a strengthening of the CSDP to make it a more effective policy instrument;
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new) 12a. Calls for mechanisms for cooperation between Member States to be strengthened, including through financing for those activities;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 b (new) 12b. Underlines the potential savings which would derive from fostering synergies at EU level in the military field, including transport, training and medical aid; Highlights the role of the European Defence Agency in its mission to foster interoperability and synergies in defence equipment and deployment capabilities among EU Member States, but strongly deplores that, while being headed by the HR/VP, it remains under the authority of the Council and fully funded outside the budget of the European Union, thus escaping from the European democratic scrutiny; calls for the budget of the European Defence Agency to be integrated in the general budget of the European Union;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Welcomes the review of Crisis Management Procedures (CMP) agreed in 2013, as it led to improvements in the planning and launching of CSDP missions;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Welcomes the review of Crisis Management Procedures (CMP) agreed in 2013, as it led to improvements in the planning and launching of CSDP missions; stresses, however, that much more needs to be done to overcome the persistent ‘silos’ separating different parts of the EU foreign policy machinery;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new) 13a. Calls on the Commission to set up permanent financial procedures for the cooperation between the Commission, the EEAS, the EDA, the ESA and member states in the fields of CSDP and common market, industry, space, research and development policies; regrets in this regard the failure of the past HR/VP to put forward the necessary proposal on how to assure the financing of EDA's staffing and running costs from the Union budget as required in the European Parliament's resolution of 12 September 2012 (2012/2050(INI)); calls therefore on the current VP/HR to remedy urgently this failure before the European Council on defence in June 2015; calls on the Commission and the Council to establish permanent financial rules to link EU actors form the areas of internal security (e.g. Frontex, Europol, ENISA) with external defence (e.g. EDA, EEAS);
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 b (new) 13b. Welcomes the implementation of a pilot project on CSDP research done jointly by the European Commission and EDA as proposed by the Parliament in the budget 2015 in view of the Agency implementing Union objectives and Union budget; regrets in this context that the Commission did not provide the Parliament with an assessment of the potential of art. 185 TFEU as requested in its resolution of 21 November 2013 on the European Defence Technological and Industrial Base (2013/2125(INI));
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 c (new) 13c. Welcomes the Commission's Implementation Roadmap for Communication on European Defence and Security Sector adopted on 24 June 2014; calls on the Commission in this regard to outline in a stake-holder assessment in which way the potential beneficiaries as well as national and regional administrations are ready to use the described measures of the ESIF, ERDF, ESF or Interreg V; regrets in this regard that the Commission's proposals might come too late in order to influence the ongoing resource allocation of national and regional administrations and re-channel EU funds serving a stronger European Defence Technological and Industrial Base (EDTIB) ;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 d (new) 13d. Calls on the European Commission in view of her tasks to strengthen the EDTIB to put forward a proposal clarifying in which form a negative impact of restrictive measures set into force by the Council based on article 215 TFEU on exporting European defence and security industries can be compensated from the EU budget or relieved by non-distorting market activities;
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Welcomes the
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) Aa. whereas cuts in national defence budgets are making it difficult for Member States to maintain their armed forces and preventing enhancement of the Union’s defence capabilities;
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Welcomes the ‘Train & Equip’ initiative that would ensure the capacity building of partners
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14.
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 a (new) 14a. Welcomes the Commission proposals aimed at improving the implementation of Directive 2009/81/EC (on public procurement contracts) and Directive 2009/43/EC (on transfers of defence-related products on the internal market); calls on the Commission to bear in mind that European undertakings operating in the field of defence need special judicial and financial arrangements to enable them to be competitive and to support national efforts to bolster defence capabilities;
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 b (new) 14b. Calls for greater involvement of the Commission and Member States in consolidating the military and civil capacities of Member States on the EU’s eastern and southern borders, bearing in mind the current political threats.
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15.
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Acknowledges that military operations are financed by the Member States outside the EU budget and that their common costs are covered by the Athena mechanism; underlines that Athena is crucial to the
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Acknowledges that military operations are financed by the Member States outside the EU budget and that their common costs are covered by the Athena mechanism; underlines that Athena is crucial to the fast deployment of those operations and is an instrument of solidarity between Member States, as well as a major incentive, notably for those lacking financial resources, to contribute to CSDP operations; regrets, however, that the proportion of the common costs remains very low (estimated at around 10-15 % of all costs) and that the ‘costs lie where they fall’ outdated principle further deters Member States from taking an active part and leads to delays or even complete blockages in decision-making; finds that the long-term, better financing of military missions should be ensured;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Acknowledges that military operations are financed by the Member States outside the EU budget and that their common costs are covered by the Athena mechanism; underlines that Athena is crucial to the fast deployment of those operations and is an instrument of solidarity between Member States, as well as a major incentive, notably for those lacking financial resources, to contribute to CSDP operations; regrets, however, that the proportion of the common costs remains very low (a
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Acknowledges that military operations are financed by the Member States outside the EU budget and that their common costs are covered by the Athena mechanism; underlines that Athena is crucial to the fast deployment of those operations and is an
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas budgetary cuts in defence spending and existing duplications require the rethinking of the financing of CSDP missions and operations by using budgetary allocations in a better and more cost-efficient way while ensuring proper democratic scrutiny at EU institutional level of all missions operations, whether civil or military;
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Acknowledges that military operations are financed by the Member States outside the EU budget and that their common costs are covered by the Athena mechanism; underlines that Athena is crucial to the fast deployment of those operations and is an instrument of solidarity between Member States, as well as a major incentive, notably for those lacking financial resources, to contribute to CSDP operations; regrets, however, that the proportion of the common costs remains very low (around 10-15 % of all costs) and that the ‘costs lie where they fall’ principle further deters Member States from taking an active part;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Acknowledges that military operations are financed by the Member States outside the EU budget and that their common costs are covered by the Athena mechanism; underlines that Athena is crucial to the fast deployment of those operations and is an instrument of solidarity between Member States, as well as a major incentive, notably for those lacking financial resources, to contribute to CSDP operations; regrets, however, that the proportion of the common costs remains very low (around 10-15 % of all costs) and that the ‘costs lie where they fall’ principle further deters Member States from taking an active part;
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Acknowledges that military operations are financed by the Member States outside the EU budget and that their common costs are covered by the Athena mechanism; underlines that Athena is crucial to the fast deployment of those operations and is an instrument of solidarity between Member States, as well as a major incentive, notably for those lacking financial resources, to contribute to CSDP operations;
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Acknowledges that military operations are financed by the Member States outside the EU budget and that their common costs are covered by the Athena mechanism; underlines that Athena is crucial to the fast deployment of those operations and is an instrument of solidarity between Member States, as well as a major incentive, notably for those lacking financial resources, to contribute to CSDP operations; regrets, however, that the proportion of the common costs remains very low (around
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16.
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16.
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Deplores, in this context, that the review of the Athena mechanism has not produced tangible results, and calls on the Council to deliver quickly on this issue; supports, in particular, an expansion of the costs eligible under Athena
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Deplores, in this context, that the review of the Athena mechanism has not produced tangible results, and calls on the Council to deliver quickly on this issue; calls on the United Kingdom to stop blocking the reform process; calls on the Council in the meantime to come back to the past practice to generally activate annually the financing of transport costs and the deployment costs for multinational task force headquarters borne by Athena (Annex III-B of the Council decision 2011/871/CFSP); supports, in particular, an expansion of the common costs eligible under Athena, such as the pre-financing of certain costs or the strategic transport of EU battle groups, thus to enable more Member States to contribute with their resources to military CSDP operations; expects a final decision on these issues at the next European Council on defence;
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Deplores, in this context, that the review of the Athena mechanism has not produced tangible results, and calls on the Council to deliver quickly on this issue; supports, in particular, an expansion of the costs eligible under Athena, such as the pre-financing of certain costs, the automatic financing of expenditure on CSDP operational and mission deployment (infrastructure for the accommodation of forces, expenses relating to the establishment of points of entry for troops into theatres of operations and security stocks of food and fuel where necessary), or the strategic transport of EU battle groups ; expects a final decision on these issues at the next European Council on defence;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Deplores, in this context, the fact that the review of the Athena mechanism has not produced tangible results, and calls on the Council to deliver quickly on this issue; points out that, under Article 43 of Council Decision 2011/871/CFSP of 19 December 2011 establishing the Athena mechanism, that decision and the annexes to it are subject to revision every three years and that, the last revision having taken place in the second half of 2011, a further revision in the second half of 2014 was required by law; supports, in particular, an expansion of the costs eligible under Athena, such as the pre- financing of certain costs or the strategic transport of EU battle groups; expects a final decision on these issues at the next European Council on defence;
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2016/02/23
REGI
52 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Underlines that Article 7 and Article 96 (7) of the Common Provisions Regulation (CPR)1 promote equal opportunities, non- discrimination and inclusion of persons with disabilities in the implementation of the European Structural and Investment Funds (ESI Funds) in general and in the Operational Programmes in particular and requests an integrated approach to addressing the specific needs of target groups at highest risk of discrimination or social exclusion, with special regard to persons with disabilities; stresses that ex ante evaluation shall appraise the adequacy of planned measures to promote equal opportunities between men and women and to prevent any discrimination, in particular as regards accessibility for persons with disabilities; stresses that national or regional strategic policy framework for lifelong learning shall be in place that contains concrete measures for the provision of skills development for people with disabilities; recalls that the monitoring committee shall examine in particular actions to promote equal opportunities and non-discrimination, including accessibility for persons with disabilities; __________________ 1 Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 laying down common provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund, the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and laying down general provisions
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Emphasises that persons with disabilities face a variety of challenges in fulfilling their rights, especially in the areas of employment, housing and mobility; Notes that persons with disabilities make a valuable contribution to society as a whole, and that this contribution can be even greater if the (working) environment is properly adapted, for which ESI Funds are needed;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Notes that persons with disabilities make a valuable contribution to society as a whole, and that this contribution can be even greater if the (working) environment is properly adapted, for which ESI Funds are needed; reminds that according to the European Disability Strategy 2010-2020 one in six people in the EU has a disability, over a third of people aged over 75 have disabilities that restrict them to some extent, over 20% are considerably restricted, and that furthermore, these numbers are set to rise as the EU's population ages;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Notes that persons with disabilities make a valuable contribution to society as a whole and also as successful entrepreneurs who often run small business, and that this enriching contribution can be even greater if the (working and entrepreneurial) environment is properly adapted
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Notes that persons with disabilities make a valuable contribution to society as a whole, and that this contribution can be even greater if the (working) environment is properly adapted and if overall respective awareness of the society is increased, for which ESI Funds are needed;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3.
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Expresses its deep concern in relation to the effect the austerity measures in the EU have been producing on the lives of persons with disabilities; calls thus on Member States to refrain from cuts on disability related benefits, community based services, health services, training and education programmes that will undermine the UN CRPD and will increase even more levels of poverty and social exclusion;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Encourages the Member States as well as regional and local authorities to increase their efforts in the area of prevention of discrimination and exclusion of persons with disabilities, including equal access to health care; stresses that discrimination shall explicitly be prohibited on the grounds of disability in the field of health care and measures shall be taken to ensure access to quality health care for all persons with all types of disabilities; requests that the European Union evaluate the impact of the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union Directive 2011/24/EU on patients' rights in cross-border health care with regard to gaps in access for persons with disabilities, including accessible information, reasonable accommodation and training of professionals;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Encourages the Member States as well as regional and local authorities to
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Encourages the Member States as well as regional and local authorities to increase their efforts in the area of prevention of discrimination and exclusion of persons with disabilities, including equal access to health care, and with a view to developing high-quality social services for people with disabilities;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Encourages the Member States as well as regional and local authorities to increase
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Underlines that Article 7 and Article 96 (7) of the Common Provisions Regulation (CPR)1
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Encourages the Member States as well as regional and local authorities to increase their efforts in the area of prevention of discrimination and exclusion of persons with disabilities,
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4.
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Urges the Member States to ensure that all infrastructure and installations financed through the ESI Funds can be accessed by persons with disabilities;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Calls for digital instruments to be developed as well as platforms for distance working, boosting hot-desking and co-working, and promoting adaptive technology;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Calls on the Commission to cooperate closely with Parliament regarding the areas of concern raised by the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in its ‘Concluding observations on the initial report of the European Union’2 and urges the European Union take the necessary measures to set up a structured dialogue with an independent budget line and sufficient funding for coordination among European Union institutions, agencies and bodies and for meaningful consultation with and the participation of persons with disabilities, including women, and girls and boys with disabilities, through their representative organizations;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Calls on the Commission to cooperate closely with Parliament regarding the areas of concern raised by the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in its ‘Concluding observations on the initial report of the European Union’;2 requests the Commission to discuss the draft report on the implementation of the CRPD with the Parliament at the earliest possible convenience during its preparation; __________________ 2 United Nations, Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Concluding observations on the initial report of the European Union, 4 September 2015 (CRPD/C/EU/CO/1).
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Calls on those Member States that have not ratified the UNCRPD to do so as soon as possible;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Is of the opinion that ESI funding
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Is of the opinion that ESI funding should be used to support deinstitutionali
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Is of the opinion that ESI funding should be used to
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Stresses that particular attention should be paid to ensure the ESI Funds never contribute in any way to segregation; calls on the Commission to monitor closely whether the principle of non-discrimination and related legislation is respected and fully applied when ESI Funds are used;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Is of the opinion that ESI funding should be used to
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Is of the opinion that ESI funding should be used to support deinstitutionalisation and services and living arrangements for persons with disabilities in local communities; calls for national plans for deinstitutionalization to include specific targets for establishing community-based care, provided by adequately qualified and trained people;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Is of the opinion that ESI funding should be used to support deinstitutionalisation and services and living arrangements for persons with disabilities in local communities and that it should be ensured through strict monitoring of the funding that these funds are not used for the redevelopment or expansion of institutions;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Is of the opinion that ESI funding should be used to support deinstitutionalisation
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Highlights that the ESI Funds should promote the right of persons with disabilities, including persons in need of high-level support, to live in the community with access to high-quality services;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to involve as much as possible national, regional and local organisations of persons with disabilities both in the programming and in the monitoring of Operational Programmes;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Calls for account to be taken of the information contained in the Removal of Architectural Barriers plan when planning actions co-funded with ESI Funds;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 b (new) 6b. Recalls that, according to the article 7 of the Regulation n.1304/2013, financial support for organisations of persons with disabilities should be included in the programming of national and regional Operational Programmes;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 b (new) 6b. Emphasises the importance of digital technology and of supports for disabled athletes; calls for existing gymnasiums to be renovated as necessary to accommodate the integration of disabled athletes;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 c (new) 6c. Stresses that barriers to access to public transport continue to exist; calls in particular for an overhaul of mechanisms enabling independent access to trains;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 b (new) 1b. Calls on the Commission to monitor closely the application of the general ex- ante conditionalities on anti- discrimination and disability and to make sure that, in accordance with Article 19 of the CPR, Member States fulfil the criteria set latest by 31 December 2016; recommends the Commission to suspend payments if the obligation to protect the rights of persons with disabilities or prevent discrimination is breached;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Urges policy makers at local, regional, national and EU level to ensure efficient monitoring of the implementation of the provisions aimed at non-discrimination, as well as the accessibility of ESI funding and services to persons with disabilities; stresses in particular that the EU shall develop an approach to guide and foster deinstitutionalization and to strengthen the monitoring of the use of the ESI Funds so as to ensure that they are used strictly for the development of support services for persons with disabilities in local communities and not for the redevelopment or expansion of institutions;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Urges policy makers at local, regional, national and EU level to ensure efficient monitoring of the implementation of the provisions aimed at non-discrimination, as well as the accessibility of ESI funding and services to persons with disabilities and to the institutions that care for them;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Urges policy makers at local, regional, national and EU level to ensure efficient monitoring of the implementation of the provisions aimed at non-discrimination, as well as the accessibility and use of ESI funding
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Favours proactive measures to support employment of persons with disabilities, and encourages public institutions to set an example. Such as strengthening of vocational training and effective enforcement of the implementation of the quota for persons with disabilities; offering stronger tax incentives for employers; increasing the accessibility for persons with disabilities to public places etc.;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Considers that all necessary measures have to be taken to guarantee barrier-free access in the mobility and transport sector, in particular when ESI Funds are involved;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Notes that the number of citizens with disabilities and/or functional limitations increases significantly within the ageing EU population and this poses an additional challenge and important task for which EFI funds can be of a great use, especially for regional and local authorities;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 b (new) 7b. Calls to use the ESI Funds in such a way that minimum standards of accessibility, mobility and housing for persons with disabilities are secured as well as that quality teaching adapted to the needs of children with disabilities in schools is assured;
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8.
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Calls on all actors involved to pay particular attention to the integration of persons with intellectual and psychosocial disabilities
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Calls on all actors involved to pay particular attention to the integration of persons with intellectual and psychosocial disabilities
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Highlights, in view of the shared management system of Cohesion Policy implementation, the need for effective multilevel governance and coordination of measures in the fight against discrimination; urges the European Union to consider the establishment of an inter- institutional coordination mechanism and the designation of focal points in each European Union institution, agency and body;
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Calls on all actors involved, including EU institutions, to pay particular attention to the integration of persons with intellectual and psychosocial disabilities
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Calls on all actors involved to pay particular attention to the
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Stresses that the EU institutions themselves should be a role model in implementing the Convention.
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Highlights, in view of the shared management system of Cohesion Policy implementation, the need for effective multilevel governance and coordination of measures in the fight against discrimination; stresses on establishing a mechanism to build capacity and share good practices among the different European Union institutions and among its Member States on disability-inclusive and accessible human aid;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Stresses the importance of involving partners at all stages of the funding cycle; Recalls that bodies responsible for promoting social inclusion, gender equality and non-discrimination have to be included in the partnership and need to be empowered to play their role in order to ensure that the interests and concerns of persons with disabilities or at risk of discrimination are effectively taken into account;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Notices that the discrimination of persons with disabilities
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Notes that persons with disabilities make a valuable contribution to society as a whole, and that this contribution can be even greater if the (working) environment is properly adapted, for which ESI Funds are needed; therefore urges the EU to take effective action to measure the employment of persons with disabilities and to increase their employment rate in the open labour market, including by providing training for member States on reasonable accommodation and accessibility in the context of employment;
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2016/02/24
TRAN
65 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Recital A Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Recital A c (new) Ac. whereas in its reactions to the European Parliament's resolution on "Europe, the world's No 1 tourist destination – a new political framework for tourism in Europe", adopted by the Commission on 13 December 2011, the Commission acknowledged the need to ensure a seamless chain of accessible services to all (transport, accommodation, catering, and attractions), and to this end, it has started to put in place actions to raise awareness, improve the skills in the touristic sector, and ultimately increase the quality of tourist facilities for those with special needs or disabilities;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion Recital A c (new) Ac. whereas the deadlines for implementing accessibility standards need to be flexible; whereas the authorities must make reasoned requests; whereas consultation at local level is most often necessary to respond to requirements and to the specific constraints of the various stakeholders;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Urges the Commission and the Council to look after the needs of people with disabilities
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Urges the Commission and the Council to look after the needs of people with disabilities better, and to take such needs consistently into account when reviewing EU regulations, such as those on passenger rights in different modes of transport (Regulations (EC) No 1107/2006 and (EC) No 261/2004 on air transport, Regulation (EC) No 1371/2007 on rail transport, Regulation (EU) No 1177/2010 on waterborne transport and Regulation (EU) No 181/2011 on bus and coach transport), and when drawing up legislation, for example on passenger rights in the context of multimodal journeys;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Urges the Commission and the Council to look after the needs of people with disabilities better, and to take such needs consistently into account when reviewing EU regulations, such as those on passenger rights in different modes of transport (Regulations (EC) No 1107/2006 and (EC) No 261/2004 on air transport, Regulation (EC) No 1371/2007 on rail transport, Regulation (EU) No 1177/2010 on waterborne transport and Regulation (EU) No 181/2011 on bus and coach transport) and stresses that the European Union has committed itself to a barrier-free Europe in 2010 in the European Disability Strategy 2010-2020;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Believes that accessibility standards should be applied in consultation with the local authorities, representatives of associations of disabled persons and professionals in the sectors concerned; believes, furthermore, that the rules on accessibility should be relaxed and that compromises must be found between disabled people's needs and the financial obligations placed on transport services and tourist establishments;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 b (new) 1b. Considers it necessary to grant exemptions in cases where the preservation of architectural heritage is at stake, where the environment or structure of the building makes alterations technically impossible without huge investment and where the work to be undertaken is clearly disproportionate to the economic benefits; calls on the Member States and the competent authorities to be more measured in imposing penalties on those who fail to comply with the standards;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2.
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Calls on the European Union strengthen the monitoring of the implementation of legislation on passenger rights and to harmonize the work of the national enforcement bodies and calls on the Member States to take all necessary steps towards the implementation of EU legislation aimed at improving transport accessibility (including bus, rail, air and waterborne transport) by strengthening the competences of the relevant enforcement bodies under passenger rights legislation in order to ensure the effective and equal enjoyment of rights by all passengers with disabilities across the European Union;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Calls on the Member States to take all necessary steps towards the implementation of EU legislation aimed at improving transport accessibility (including bus, rail, air and waterborne
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Recital A A. whereas the needs of people with disabilities in the fields of transport, mobility and tourism match business opportunities for transport and mobility services and can lead to win-win situations in serving people with
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Calls on the Member States to take all necessary steps towards the implementation of EU legislation aimed at improving transport accessibility at local, regional and state level (including bus, rail, air and waterborne transport, and also including stations, airports and ports) by strengthening the competences of the relevant enforcement bodies under passenger rights legislation;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Calls on the Member States to take all necessary steps towards the implementation of EU legislation aimed at improving transport accessibility (including bus, rail, air and waterborne transport) by strengthening the
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Calls on the Member States to take all necessary steps towards the implementation of EU legislation aimed at improving transport accessibility (including buses and taxis, urban public transport, rail, air and waterborne transport) by strengthening the competences of the relevant enforcement bodies under passenger rights legislation;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Calls on the Member States to take all necessary steps towards the implementation of EU legislation aimed at improving
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Calls on the Member States to take all necessary steps towards the implementation of EU legislation aimed at improving transport accessibility (including bus, rail, air and waterborne transport), for example by strengthening the competences of the relevant enforcement bodies under passenger rights legislation;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to make progress on implementing the European Disability Strategy 2010- 2020;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Calls on the Commission to clarify the responsibilities of each of the actors involved in providing care for people with reduced mobility, with particular regard to transfers between different modes of transport, and to provide Parliament with information on the participation of associations for people with disabilities and their role in the implementation of passenger rights regulations;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Strongly believes in the advantages of common accessibility rules at EU level, and therefore looks forward to the swift adoption of the Commission’s proposal for the European Accessibility Act1
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Strongly believes in the advantages of common accessibility rules at EU level, and therefore looks forward to the swift adoption of the Commission’s proposal for the European Accessibility Act1
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Recital A A. whereas the needs of people with disabilities-functional diversity and reduced mobility in the fields of transport, mobility and tourism match business innovation opportunities for transport and mobility services and can lead to win-win situations in serving people with reduced mobility, as well as all other users of these services;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Strongly believes in the advantages of common accessibility rules at EU level, and therefore looks forward to the swift adoption of the Commission’s proposal for the European Accessibility Act1; however draws attention that tourist services of a cross-border nature are not covered by here-above proposal; __________________ 1 COM(2015)0615.
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Strongly believes in the advantages of common accessibility rules at EU level, and therefore looks forward to the swift adoption of the Commission’s proposal for the European Accessibility Act1
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. calls on the Commission to propose the ratification by the EU of the optional protocol to the Convention so that disabled people can enforce their rights better, especially as regards their lack of access to transport services and aspects of the built environment including tourist facilities and accommodation;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Stresses the need to adopt the European Accessibility Act that is instrumental in addressing all the issues related to PRM accessibility in the fields of transport, mobility and tourism;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Emphasises that barrier-free accessibility to transport services, vehicles, infrastructure and intermodal connecting hubs is the key to securing mobility systems free from built-in discrimination; points out that the Connecting Europe Facility offers the possibility of financing measures in urban areas and measures to improve accessibility for people with some type of disability, which may amount to up to 10% of adaptation costs;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Emphasises that barrier-free accessibility to transport services, vehicles, infrastructure and intermodal connecting hubs is the key to securing mobility systems free from built-in discrimination and stresses that people with disabilities shall have access to mainstream products and services;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Emphasises that barrier-free accessibility to transport services, vehicles, infrastructure and intermodal connecting hubs is the key to securing mobility systems free from built-in discrimination; in this regard stresses that further effort have to be made to make both transport services, vehicles and infrastructure accessible;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Emphasises that barrier-free accessibility to transport services, vehicles, infrastructure and intermodal connecting
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Emphasises that barrier-free accessibility to transport services, vehicles, infrastructure and intermodal connecting hubs, in particular in rural areas, is the key to securing mobility systems free from built-in discrimination;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Recital A A. whereas the needs of people with disabilities in the fields of transport, mobility and tourism match business opportunities for transport and mobility services and can lead to win-win situations in serving people with reduced mobility or who are visually impaired, as well as all other users of these services;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Maintains that accessibility is essential if people with disabilities are to take full advantage of the European tourism offering;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Calls on the Commission, in its annual report on the implementation of TEN-T funds, to publish the progress made on measures and the amount of aid granted for adapting infrastructure to people with disabilities under the Connecting Europe Facility and other types of EU funding; calls likewise on the Commission to take action to promote greater involvement in projects geared to adapting infrastructure to people with disabilities, including among other things information and dissemination sessions for potential developers;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 b (new) 4b. Highlights, in this connection, the importance of financing measures in urban areas, where people have to switch between different modes of transport more frequently and where people with some type of mobility dysfunction encounter most difficulties;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Underlines that consistently accessible formats should top the agenda of digitised mobility market policies, and should
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Underlines that consistently accessible formats should top the agenda of digitised mobility market policies, and should include availability of alternative communication systems, such as easy-to- read language for travel information, booking and ticketing, while making use of more than one sensory channel; urges the Commission with regard to transport facilities and services to establish the appropriate monitoring and controlling mechanisms that will ensure that accessibility and assistive devices for people with disabilities will also be offered in public transport services, in all Member States;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Underlines that consistently accessible formats should top the agenda of digitised mobility market policies, and should include availability of alternative communication systems, such as easy-to- read language or pictograms for travel information, booking and ticketing, while making use of more than one sensory channel;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Emphasises that persons with disabilities should be able to obtain information about multi-modal, cross- border services which provide door-to- door transport in such a way that they can choose between the most sustainable, the cheapest or the quickest service, and to book and pay for such services online;
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 b (new) 5b. Calls for real-time travel information to be made available so that, before they set out on a journey, persons with disabilities can obtain information about disruptions or alternative travel arrangements;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6.
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Encourages the Member States and the Commission to proceed with the European Disability Card pilot project, taking into consideration and using where appropriate the latest technological developments, particularly in the fields of intermodality, interconnectivity and interoperability and emphasizes that the principle of "universal design" must always be applied when designing products related to air, bus, rail and waterborne passenger transport in order to fully comply with accessibility requirements;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Recital A a (new) Aa. whereas the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU (TFEU) requires the Union to combat discrimination based on disability when defining and implementing its policies and activities (Article 10) and gives it the power to adopt legislation to address such discrimination (Article 19);
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Encourages the Member States and the Commission to proceed with the European Disability-Functional Diversity Card pilot project, taking into consideration and using where appropriate the latest technological developments, particularly in the fields of intermodality, interconnectivity and interoperability;
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to take steps to ensure that persons with disabilities can easily use the 112 emergency number anywhere in Europe;
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Stresses that special attention shall be paid on assistive technologies which enable the independent living of people with disabilities and that acquired knowledge on the need for barrier-free mobility must be more fully integrated into upcoming research and innovation programmes, such as those within Horizon 2020;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Stresses that acquired knowledge on the need for barrier-free mobility must be more fully integrated into upcoming research and innovation programmes, such as those within Horizon 2020; points out that this will entail improving and harmonising statistical data at European level and sharing best practice;
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Stresses that acquired knowledge on the need for barrier-free mobility and tourism services must be more fully integrated into upcoming research and innovation programmes, such as those within Horizon 2020;
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Calls on the Commission to foster research, data collection and exchange of good practices in consultation with representative organizations of persons with disabilities as well as to provide an overview of data on accessibility to tourism services for people with disabilities, as provided for in the two annexes to Regulation (EU) No 692/2011 on tourism statistics;
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8.
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Calls on the Commission to provide a
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Emphasizes that tourism services must take into account special needs of people with disabilities such as easy access to information, communication and facilities such as rooms, bathrooms, toilets and other interior spaces;
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 9. Asks the relevant authorities in the Member States to
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Recital A a (new) Aa. whereas there are 80 million people with disabilities-functional diversity in Europe, i.e. a sixth of the population;
Amendment 60 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 9. Asks the relevant authorities in the Member States to prepare awareness- raising strategies on the rights of persons with disabilities and to facilitate transport staff’s training in awareness and disability
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 9. Asks the relevant authorities in the Member States to facilitate transport staff’s training in awareness and disability equality especially for those members of staff that are in direct contact with passengers.
Amendment 62 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 9. Asks the relevant authorities in the Member States to facilitate transport and tourism staff’s training in awareness and disability equality.
Amendment 63 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 9. Asks the relevant authorities in the Member States to facilitate transport staff’s training in awareness and disability equality and to encourage collaboration and the exchange of good practice among European organisations working in the disability field and public and private bodies responsible for transport.
Amendment 64 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. Stresses that airline staff must be given rigorous training so that airlines can provide adequate services to persons with a disability; stresses that particular attention must be paid to making sure that staff can handle wheelchairs without damaging them.
Amendment 65 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. Maintains that the ‘tourism for all’ principle should be the reference point for any tourism-related action at national, regional, local, or European level; points out that tourism service providers should allow for the needs of people with disabilities by promoting the adaptation of facilities and staff training activities.
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Recital A a (new) Aa. whereas, although it is desirable for people with disabilities to have access to transport and to various tourist establishments, it is important to note that applying overly strict accessibility standards often involves significant costs which may jeopardise the economic viability of the businesses forced to implement them even if they are contrary to reason;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Recital A b (new) Ab. whereas Articles 21 and 26 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU explicitly prohibit discrimination on the ground of disability, and provide for equal participation of the persons with disabilities in society;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion Recital A b (new) Ab. whereas in the tourism sector, and particularly in the hospitality sector, many businesses are closing down, or are planning to, because of disproportionate accessibility requirements;
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Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Recalls that independence, integration and access to an inclusive education and training system, cultural life, leisure and sport are rights guaranteed by Articles 19, 24 and 30 of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) and are protected under EU law, in particular in the context of fighting discrimination on the grounds of disability (Article 21 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU) and the principle of
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Calls on Member States to ensure that education and training are organised to include children and adults with physical or intellectual disabilities, providing counselling, assistance and individual instruction; notes that such initiatives are eligible for support from the Structural Funds, the European Fund for Strategic Investments and the Erasmus + Programme;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Highlights that equal opportunities can only be achieved if the right to inclusive education and training is granted at all levels and types of education and training, including lifelong learning, through the adoption of relevant legislation which will prohibit any discrimination on the basis of disabilities;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Urges the Member States and Commission to pay particular attention to the specific needs of women and girls with disabilities (since they are exposed to a greater risk and double discrimination), and to incorporate the gender perspective in educational and training programmes and services to promote gender equality and empower women with disabilities;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Recalls the draft General Comment by the UN CRDP Committee on Article 24, the Right to Inclusive Education, which details its normative content, the obligations of states, its relation with other provisions of the convention, and its implementation at the national level;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 b (new) 1b. Calls for an immediate stop of all austerity measures and urges both the EU and Member States to adopt the necessary legislation to fully and consistently comply with the UN CRPD, guaranteeing, amongst the others, adequate levels of disability related benefits, community based services, health services and high quality education and training programmes;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 b (new) 1b. Stresses the importance of making people with disabilities more aware of their potential and the contributions they can make;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 b (new) 1b. Recalls that the programmes targeted at young people should take a special interest in young people with disabilities;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 c (new) 1c. Recognises the importance of culture in terms of changing attitudes towards disabilities;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Recalls that people with disabilities are often excluded or do not have
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Recalls that people with disabilities are often excluded or do not have adequate access to education and training services where tailored education projects are needed;
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Recalls that independence, integration and access to an inclusive education and training system, cultural life, leisure and sport are rights guaranteed by Articles 19, 24 and 30 of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) and are protected under EU law, in particular in the context of fighting
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Recalls that people with disabilities are often excluded or do not have adequate access to education and training services where tailored education projects are needed;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Recalls that people with disabilities are often excluded or do not have adequate access to education and training services where tailored education projects are needed; asks the Member States to strengthen training programmes for teachers and other school staff, as well as for all relevant stakeholders involved in non-formal and informal learning settings, in order to increase the support they can provide to students with disabilities;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Recalls that people with disabilities are often excluded or do not have adequate access to education and training services where tailored education projects are needed; asks the Member States to strengthen training programmes for teachers and other school staff and access to ICT infrastructures in order to
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Recalls that people with disabilities are often excluded or do not have adequate access to education and training services where tailored education projects that take into account the level of disability are needed; asks the Member States to strengthen training programmes for teachers and other school staff in order to increase the support they can provide to students with disabilities;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Recalls that people with disabilities are often excluded or do not have adequate access to education and training services where tailored education projects are needed; asks the Member States or responsible devolved regional or national governments to strengthen training programmes for teachers and other school staff in order to increase the support they can provide to students with disabilities;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Recalls that people with disabilities are often excluded or do not have adequate access to education and training services where tailored education projects are needed; asks the Member States to strengthen training programmes for teachers and other school staff in order to increase the support they can provide to students with disabilities; also proposes that Member States adapt their infrastructures for students with disabilities and points out that, in order to do so, they can make use of European funds or projects supported by the European Investment Bank;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Recalls that people with disabilities are often excluded or do not have adequate access to education and training services where tailored education projects are needed; notes in this regard that people with disabilities who belong to ethnic, linguistic or religious minorities are often particularly vulnerable; asks the Member States to strengthen training programmes for teachers and other school staff in order to
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Recalls that people with disabilities are often excluded or do not have adequate access to education and training services where tailored education projects are needed; asks the Member States to strengthen training programmes for teachers and other school staff in order to increase the support they can provide to students with disabilities; points out the technical and financial shortcomings of the special education programmes, particularly in the Member States affected by the crisis, and calls on the Commission to examine how to improve matters;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Underlines that providing access to education to persons with disabilities should also include access to lifelong learning, including the provision of needs-based reasonable accommodation;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. 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;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Recalls that independence, integration and access to an inclusive education and training system, cultural life, leisure and sport are rights guaranteed by Articles 19, 24 and 30 of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) and are protected under EU law, in particular in the context of fighting discrimination on the grounds of disability (Article 21 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU) and the principle of integration of persons with disabilities (Article 26 of the Charter); asks the Commission and the Member States therefore to reinforce measures aimed at ensuring that people with disabilities have equal access to key areas such as inclusive, quality education, culture and sport and include disability-specific indicators in the Europe 2020 strategy when pursuing the education target;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Calls on the Commission to increase its commitment to European mobility for students with disabilities; urges Member States to improve the visibility and transparency of mobility opportunities and access thereto for students with disabilities;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Calls for efforts to be made to publicise Europe-wide student exchange programmes;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Recalls that the sub-programme MEDIA of Creative Europe should pay special attention to projects including the issue of disabilities, and that the educational power of films and festivals in this regard should be emphasised;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Stresses that necessary measures must be taken to ensure that education institutes are empowered to implement measures of reasonable accommodation to make education more physically accessible, as well as implement measures so that inclusive education becomes such which facilitates the process of the learner to attain his or her full potential; recommends that European Schools implement a non-rejection policy on the grounds of disability and ensure inclusive, quality education for all students with disabilities;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 b (new) 2b. Calls on the EU and Member States to deliver a targeted approach aimed at supporting learning environments where persons with disabilities can specifically learn competences and skills to overcome disabilities so as to enhance their path to achieve a full and complete independent life;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 b (new) 2b. Calls on the Member States to guarantee recognition of qualifications and access to lifelong education or vocational training for persons with disabilities;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 b (new) 2b. Insists on the necessity to make specific provisions within ERASMUS+ for access to mobility for all persons, including special care with regards the question of disabilities throughout all aspects of the programme;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 b (new) 2b. Calls for the implementation of effective measures that address violence and bullying within the educational system as research shows that most measures at the level of Member States fail to recognise and address the particular risk of children with disabilities. Notes that schools play a crucial role in promoting social inclusion, and stresses the need of a proper mechanisms that enables inclusion in mainstream schools and which could also ensure that educators teachers are properly prepared and trained to recognise and react to violence against children with disabilities;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 c (new) 2c. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to facilitate the recognition of qualifications for students with disabilities enrolled in the European Schools; recommends the development of individual syllabuses agreed defined at the start of the school year by schools, families and national authorities;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 c (new) 2c. Calls for education systems to refrain from creating environments that label learners, such as banding and streaming, as this negatively affects students with disabilities especially those with learning difficulties;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Recalls that independence, integration and access to an inclusive education and training system, cultural life, leisure and sport are rights guaranteed by Articles 19, 24 and 30 of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) and are protected under EU law, in particular in the context of fighting discrimination on the grounds of disability (Article 21 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU) and the principle of integration of persons with disabilities (Article 26 of the Charter);asks the Commission and the Member States therefore to reinforce measures aimed at ensuring that people with disabilities have equal access to key areas such as education, culture and sport and access to extracurricular activities (such as theatre, languages and arts);
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 d (new) 2d. Recalls that children with disabilities and their families must be supported through measures of early intervention, adequate social assistance and appropriate community-based services;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 e (new) 2e. Calls on the Commission to adopt effective measures to prevent violence against children with disabilities, targeting families, communities, professionals and institutions. Notes with concern that society's lack of awareness, general discriminatory views based on prejudice, lack of interaction between people with and without disabilities can all contribute to violence again children with disabilities;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 f (new) 2f. Calls on the Commission to mainstream a women and girls with disabilities perspective in its forthcoming gender equality strategy, policies and programmes so as a gender perspective in its disability strategies to promote gender equality and empowerment of women with disabilities, to ensure disability inclusive education and development and to strengthen the meaningful participation of women with disabilities in the disability dialogue;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3.
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3.
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Urges the Council to adopt without further delay the Decision on the conclusion of the Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired, or Otherwise Print Disabled so as to ratify it on behalf of the EU and implement consistent and effective measures in line with its provisions;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Urges the Council to adopt without further delay the Decision on the conclusion of the Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired, or Otherwise Print Disabled; also calls on the Council to reconsider certain exemptions being proposed under the directive on the accessibility of websites, since these might have the effect of excluding people who are blind or visually impaired from access to given online services, including all websites operated by public sector bodies;
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to take steps to ensure that intellectual property rights do not pose an unreasonable or discriminatory barrier to access by persons with disabilities to cultural materials;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Notes that Youth strategies after 2018 should mainstream the needs of young persons with disabilities;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Calls on the Commission to establish a mandatory exception to copyright for non- commercial uses for people with a disability, in order that they may gain access to works more easily, and to provide for that exemption to apply to the extent required by the specific disability concerned;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Recalls that independence, integration and access to an inclusive education and training system, civic and cultural life, leisure and
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Recalls that sport is an extremely valuable tool in the context of social inclusion and integration as these activities provide opportunities for interaction and the attainment of social skills; stresses the need to ensure effective access for persons with disabilities to sport and for their participation in sports events. Notes that right to have full access to cultural, recreational and sport activities are fundamental rights and are key element to a barrier-free Europe, thereby calls on the Commission to improve the accessibility of sports, leisure, cultural and recreational organisations, activities, events, venues, goods and services including audiovisual ones;
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Notices the progress that have been achieved in the regulation of students' exchange programmes, in particular Erasmus+ programme, by including supplementary financial support for the mobility of students and staff with disabilities; acknowledges that in practice disabled students still face numerous barriers (attitudinal, communication, architectural, information barriers, etc.) when trying to participate in international mobility programs and that further measures are urgently needed in order to address this issue;
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 b (new) 3b. Welcomes the initiatives to provide audio-visual and other works with suitable subtitles or audio description so as to make them accessible to people with disabilities;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 b (new) 3b. Calls on the Commission and Member States to better support and promote participation of persons with disabilities in the EU exchange programmes and to provide more accessible and detailed information on the programmes' accessibility; calls furthermore on the Commission to promote the exchange of best practices regarding the access to exchange programmes for students and teachers with disabilities;
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Insists on the importance of digital systems for people with disabilities as a tool to facilitate their participation in all aspects of society, including through assistive technologies; calls on the legislators at national and EU level to include accessibility provisions when implementing digital single market
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Insists on the importance of digital systems for people with disabilities as a tool to facilitate their participation in all aspects of society, including through assistive technologies; calls on the legislator at national and EU level to include accessibility provisions when implementing digital single market legislation and to take the necessary measures to fight cybercrime and cyberbullying; urges that the use of assisting ambient technologies for the inclusion of people with disabilities in education are to be investigated and that their impact on people with disabilities and also on the possible use for other citizens shall be examined;
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Insists on the importance of digital systems for people with disabilities as a
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Insists on the importance of digital systems for people with disabilities as a tool to facilitate their participation in all aspects of society, including through assistive technologies; calls on the legislator at national and EU level to include accessibility provisions when implementing digital single market legislation and to take the necessary measures to fight cybercrime and cyberbullying; calls for a cross-cutting approach to the human rights of people with disabilities to be applied in all EU policies;
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Calls on the Commission to continue working on the inclusion of the persons with disabilities through financial support for a range of grassroots projects and organisations;
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Notes that persons with disabilities should not be left out or lag behind in accessing the digital and technological developments that are ever more increasing the ways we access and impart information, creating online interactive mediums and facilitate access to culture, and calls on the Commission to ensure that in its digital single market legislation and measures related thereto it considers specific measures that may be required to facilitate access to the opportunities of digital and technological developments for persons with disabilities;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Points to the importance of sport as a tool for social integration and calls on the Commission and Member States, pursuant to Article 30 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, to launch specific programmes aimed at making sport more accessible for people with disabilities;
Amendment 60 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Recognises that a disproportionate number of people with disabilities are not currently online, and as such, are missing out information, opportunities, learning new skills, and accessing important services;
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 b (new) 4b. Calls on the Commission to involve civil society organisations, in particular organisations of persons with disabilities in the preparation of country by country reports and country specific recommendations, to achieve the goal of "nothing about us without us";
Amendment 62 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 b (new) 4b. Asks the Commission to initiate training programmes for 'Digital Champions' within communities to get more people online;
Amendment 63 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Asks the Commission to launch a campaign to raise awareness about the CRPD
Amendment 64 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5.
Amendment 65 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Asks the Commission to launch a campaign to raise awareness about the CRPD and to combat prejudice against persons with disabilities; asks each EU institution and agency to organise a specific training module on the CRPD for its staff, in cooperation with organisations for people with disabilities; emphasises the need for setting up a structured dialogue between the Commission, persons with disabilities and their representative organisations in order to achieve their active involvement in the development and implementation of the future education and training policies.
Amendment 66 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Asks the Commission to launch a campaign to raise awareness about the CRPD, which focuses on the exchange of good practices; asks each EU institution and agency to organise a specific training module on the CRPD for its staff, in cooperation with organisations for people with disabilities.
Amendment 67 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Asks the Commission to launch a campaign to raise awareness about the CRPD; asks each EU institution and agency to organise a specific training module on the CRPD for its staff, in cooperation with organisations for people with disabilities and urges that further all materials related to capacity-building, training and awareness raising shall be made available in accessible formats.
Amendment 68 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Asks the Commission to launch a campaign to raise awareness about the CRPD; asks each EU institution and agency to organise a specific training module on the CRPD for its staff, in cooperation with organisations for people with disabilities and urges that materials related to capacity-building, training and awareness raising shall be made available in accessible formats.
Amendment 69 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Asks the Commission to launch a campaign to raise awareness about the CRPD; asks each EU institution and agency to organise a specific training module on the CRPD for its staff, in cooperation with organisations for people with disabilities.; reminds all EU institutions and bodies of the importance of ensuring that their information portals are fully accessible to all persons with disabilities.
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Urges the Commission to act accordingly within the limits of its competences and through coordination towards improvement of access and ideally for guaranteed access for all children with disabilities to inclusive and quality education in European schools;
Amendment 70 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to launch specific educational programmes in schools to enhance our young people’s awareness with regard to people with disabilities.
Amendment 71 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Supports initiatives aimed at making able-bodied people aware of the difficulties experienced by people with a disability;
Amendment 72 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Calls on public authorities at all levels to encourage and guarantee the participation of people with disabilities in the making of policies and programmes that affect them.
Amendment 73 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Strongly believes that an effective cross-cutting and comprehensive review of the EU legislation should take place as soon as possible to fully harmonise it with the UN CRPD provisions, implementing a democratic and participatory process aimed at ensuring a direct and full involvement of representative organisations of persons with disabilities.
Amendment 74 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Stresses that the importance of UN CRPD fundamentally lies in bringing about a change in cultural attitudes towards recognising that obstacles in the social and economic environments disable people rather than seeing the disability in the person.
Amendment 75 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Reminds all EU institutions and bodies of the importance of ensuring that competitions, training, refresher courses, traineeships and work experience are available to young people and workers with disabilities through the appropriate channels and with technological backup where necessary;
Amendment 76 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Emphasises the importance of systematic and close consultation between representative organisations of persons with disabilities, policymakers, business and other relevant stakeholders in relation to all new initiatives, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of policies and actions related to education, training, culture, sport and youth.
Amendment 77 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 b (new) 5b. Calls on the EU to ratify the Optional Protocol to the UN CRPD recalling the favourable 2008 Commission proposal approved by the European Parliament in its legislative resolution adopted in 2009 and highlights that so far a large majority of EU Member States have signed and ratified it.
Amendment 78 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 b (new) 5b. Acknowledges that in order to develop adequate policies to ensure inclusive education for all persons with disabilities in the EU, there is a need for comparable and consistent EU data; calls therefore on the Commission and Member States to strengthen their efforts to collect reliable statistical data on the participation of persons with disabilities in the different levels and types of education and training, on their participation in mobility programmes and on the number of persons with disabilities which are early school leavers.
Amendment 79 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 c (new) 5c. Asks the Commission to include disability specific indicators in the Europe 2020 strategy when pursuing the targets on education and training.
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 b (new) 1b. Calls on the Commission and Member States, pursuant to Article 30 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, to take the necessary steps to ensure that people with disabilities have the right to enjoy access to places offering cultural performances or services;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Highlights that the UN CRPD Committee in its Concluding Observations critically noted that austerity measures adopted by EU and Member States worsened standard of living of persons with disabilities, leading to higher poverty and social exclusion levels and cuts in education and training programmes;
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