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The European Parliament adopted a resolution tabled by the Committee on Petitions on the ratification of the Marrakesh Treaty, based on petitions received, notably Petition 924/2011
In its resolution, Parliament referred to the petitions from EU citizens with disabilities with regard to reading print, and particularly Petition 924/2011 by Dan Pescod (British), on behalf of the European Blind Union (EBU)/Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB), on access by blind people to books and other printed products.
Members recalled the EU and Member States are parties to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. They signed the Marrakesh Treaty in April 2014 and have thus entered into a political commitment to ratify it; the Marrakesh Treaty aims to facilitate access to published works for persons who are blind, visually impaired, or otherwise print disabled.
The Commission has presented a proposal for a Council Decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the Marrakesh Treaty.
Members recalled that Articles 24 and 30 of the UN CRPD emphasised the right of persons with disabilities to education, without discrimination and on the basis of equal opportunity, while ensuring that laws protecting intellectual property rights do not constitute an unreasonable or discriminatory barrier to access by persons with disabilities to cultural materials.
Accordingly, Parliament noted with profound indignation that seven EU Member States have formed a minority block that is impeding the process of ratifying the Treaty. It called on the Council and the Member States to accelerate the ratification process, without making ratification conditional upon revision of the EU legal framework or the decision of the Court of Justice of the European Union.
The World Health Organisation estimated in 2010 that across Europe there are 2 550 000 blind people and 23 800 000 partially sighted people, giving a total of 26 350 000 visually impaired individuals. However, only 5 % of all published books in the developed countries and less than 1 % in the developing countries are ever produced in accessible formats.
Documents
- Results of vote in Parliament: Results of vote in Parliament
- Decision by Parliament: T8-0037/2016
- Motion for a resolution: B8-0168/2016
- Motion for a resolution: B8-0168/2016
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- Louis ALIOT
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- Marina ALBIOL GUZMÁN
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- Marie-Christine ARNAUTU
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- Jonathan ARNOTT
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- Zigmantas BALČYTIS
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- Beatriz BECERRA BASTERRECHEA
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- Xabier BENITO ZILUAGA
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- José BLANCO LÓPEZ
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- Marie-Christine BOUTONNET
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- Renata BRIANO
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- Steeve BRIOIS
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- Gianluca BUONANNO
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- Alain CADEC
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- Nicola CAPUTO
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- Salvatore CICU
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- Alberto CIRIO
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- Therese COMODINI CACHIA
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- Pál CSÁKY
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- Javier COUSO PERMUY
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- Edward CZESAK
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- Daniel DALTON
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- Michel DANTIN
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- Rachida DATI
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- Isabella DE MONTE
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- Mireille D'ORNANO
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- Norbert ERDŐS
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- Georgios EPITIDEIOS
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- Edouard FERRAND
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- Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ
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- Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ
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- Francisco de Paula GAMBUS MILLET
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- Enrico GASBARRA
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- Elena GENTILE
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- Lidia Joanna GERINGER DE OEDENBERG
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- Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS
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- Antanas GUOGA
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- Cătălin Sorin IVAN
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- Afzal KHAN
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- Marine LE PEN
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- Krystyna ŁYBACKA
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- Svetoslav Hristov MALINOV
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- Vladimír MAŇKA
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- Ivana MALETIĆ
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- Andrejs MAMIKINS
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- Dominique MARTIN
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- Notis MARIAS
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- Barbara MATERA
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- David MARTIN
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- Jean-Luc MÉLENCHON
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- Miroslav MIKOLÁŠIK
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- Louis MICHEL
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- Bernard MONOT
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- Marlene MIZZI
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- Sophie MONTEL
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- Alessia Maria MOSCA
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- Renaud MUSELIER
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- Franz OBERMAYR
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- Alojz PETERLE
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- Marijana PETIR
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- Salvatore Domenico POGLIESE
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- Franck PROUST
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- Sofia RIBEIRO
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- Claude ROLIN
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- Fernando RUAS
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- Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY
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- Olga SEHNALOVÁ
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- Maria Lidia SENRA RODRÍGUEZ
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- Siôn SIMON
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- Branislav ŠKRIPEK
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- Monika SMOLKOVÁ
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- Csaba SÓGOR
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- Igor ŠOLTES
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- Patricija ŠULIN
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- Eleftherios SYNADINOS
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- Claudia ȚAPARDEL
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- Pavel TELIČKA
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- László TŐKÉS
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- Mylène TROSZCZYNSKI
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- Miguel VIEGAS
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- Cecilia WIKSTRÖM
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- Jana ŽITŇANSKÁ
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