2019/2975(RSP) Resolution on the European Disability Strategy post2020
Lead committee dossier:
Progress: Procedure completed
| Role | Committee | Rapporteur | Shadows |
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| Lead | EMPL |
KYMPOUROPOULOS Stelios ( EPP),
ANGEL Marc ( S&D),
MAXOVÁ Radka ( Renew),
LANGENSIEPEN Katrin ( Verts/ALE),
LIZZI Elena ( ID),
RAFALSKA Elżbieta ( ECR),
ĎURIŠ NICHOLSONOVÁ Lucia ( ECR),
GUSMÃO José ( GUE/NGL)
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Lead committee dossier:
Legal Basis:
RoP 132-p2
Legal Basis:
RoP 132-p2Subjects
Events
2020/12/14
EC - Commission response to text adopted in plenary
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2020/06/18
EP - End of procedure in Parliament
2020/06/17
EP - Motion for a resolution
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2020/06/17
EP - Results of vote in Parliament
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2020/06/17
EP - Decision by Parliament
Details
The European Parliament adopted the resolution on the European Disability Strategy post-2020.
As full citizens, all persons with disabilities have equal rights in all fields of life (including access to an open labour market and education) and are entitled to inalienable dignity, equal treatment, independent living, autonomy and full participation in society, respecting and valuing their input to the social and economic progress of the EU.
There are an estimated 100 million persons with disabilities in the European Union, who are still deprived of their basic human rights and are hindered on a daily basis from leading an independent life. Women account both for over 60 % of persons with disabilities and for the large majority of caregivers for people with disabilities. The number of children with disabilities is unknown owing to a lack of statistics, but may be in the region of 15 % of the total number of children in the European Union.
A more ambitious post-2020 European Disability Strategy
The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) is the first international human rights treaty to be ratified by the EU and all its Member States. The European Disability Strategy 2010-2020 (the Strategy) has served as a framework for policy and legislative proposals to implement the CRPD both within the EU and beyond.
The Strategy has not been adapted to emerging policy areas, such that it has not been aligned with either the Agenda 2030, which the EU and all its Member States are committed to implementing, or with the European Pillar of Social Rights.
The Strategy does not cover all the provisions of the CRPD. The Commission to date has not undertaken a cross-cutting, comprehensive review of its legislation in order to ensure full harmonisation with the provisions of the CRPD and the Strategy is said to have achieved limited progress. There has been a lack of mainstreaming of the rights of persons with disabilities in a large number of EU policy areas.
In addition, during the COVID-19 crisis, persons with disabilities have experienced serious challenges and rights violations.
Up-scaled commitment
Parliament called on Commission to put forward a comprehensive, ambitious and long-term post-2020 European Disability Strategy, which:
- includes clearly designated priority areas, including definitions of key terms, in particular a common definition at the EU level of ‘disability’;
- contains ambitious, clear and measurable targets, including a list of planned actions with clear time frames and allocated resources;
- mainstreams the rights of all persons with disabilities into all policies and all areas;
- includes a child-sensitive approach;
- allocates an adequate budget for the implementation and monitoring of the post-2020 Strategy;
- includes a revised declaration of competences that includes all policy areas in which the EU has legislated or adopted soft law measures that have an impact on persons with disabilities, and should propose legislative proposals with implementation and monitoring measures.
Review of the strategy
The Commission is called on to include a review of the Strategy every 3 years with a clearly defined role for the EU CRPD Framework and to systematically and actively involve persons with disabilities and their representative organisations (at EU and national levels) in such a review. It should ensure that the post-2020 Strategy promotes guaranteed access to employment, and vocational and professional training, inclusive education, affordable quality healthcare services, digital services, and fair pay.
Members called on the Commission to create mechanisms to coordinate the portability and adaptability of benefits and services for persons with disabilities between the Member States and to expand the pilot project of the EU Disability Card to all Member States, extending it beyond culture and sport and to ensure that the EU parking card for people with disabilities is fully observed in all Member States. Such measures are crucial to ensure that persons with disabilities across the EU can access disability support without the need for separate assessments in each Member State. Member States are called on to incorporate into their legislation the recognition of specific disabilities in order to address and cover their specific needs (e.g. deaf-blindness).
Lastly, Parliament recommended that the EU structurally integrate the European Disability Strategy within the European Semester process.
Documents
2020/02/04
EP - Amendments tabled in committee
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2020/02/03
EP - Amendments tabled in committee
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2020/01/08
EP - KYMPOUROPOULOS Stelios (EPP) appointed as rapporteur in EMPL
2020/01/08
EP - ANGEL Marc (S&D) appointed as rapporteur in EMPL
2020/01/08
EP - MAXOVÁ Radka (Renew) appointed as rapporteur in EMPL
2020/01/08
EP - LANGENSIEPEN Katrin (Verts/ALE) appointed as rapporteur in EMPL
2020/01/08
EP - LIZZI Elena (ID) appointed as rapporteur in EMPL
2020/01/08
EP - RAFALSKA Elżbieta (ECR) appointed as rapporteur in EMPL
2020/01/08
EP - ĎURIŠ NICHOLSONOVÁ Lucia (ECR) appointed as rapporteur in EMPL
2020/01/08
EP - GUSMÃO José (GUE/NGL) appointed as rapporteur in EMPL
2019/12/17
EP - Debate in Parliament
Documents
Documents
- Commission response to text adopted in plenary: SP(2020)427
- Motion for a resolution: B9-0123/2020
- Results of vote in Parliament: Results of vote in Parliament
- Decision by Parliament: T9-0156/2020
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE646.888
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE646.989
- Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE646.989
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE646.888
- Motion for a resolution: B9-0123/2020
- Commission response to text adopted in plenary: SP(2020)427
Activities
- Lucia ĎURIŠ NICHOLSONOVÁ
Institutional Motions (1)
Votes
B9-0123/2020 - § 3/1 #
2020/06/17 Outcome: +: 637, -: 39, 0: 20
PPE
NIB9-0123/2020 - § 3/2 #
2020/06/17 Outcome: +: 554, -: 89, 0: 53
B9-0123/2020 - § 5/1 #
2020/06/17 Outcome: +: 660, 0: 31, -: 5
B9-0123/2020 - § 5/2 #
2020/06/17 Outcome: +: 610, 0: 56, -: 30
B9-0123/2020 - Am 2 #
2020/06/17 Outcome: -: 517, +: 153, 0: 23
B9-0123/2020 - § 8/1 #
2020/06/17 Outcome: +: 682, 0: 10, -: 4
B9-0123/2020 - § 8/2 #
2020/06/17 Outcome: +: 405, -: 275, 0: 16
B9-0123/2020 - Am 3 #
2020/06/17 Outcome: -: 481, +: 204, 0: 8
B9-0123/2020 - § 16/1 #
2020/06/17 Outcome: +: 673, 0: 17, -: 6
B9-0123/2020 - § 16/2 #
2020/06/17 Outcome: +: 421, -: 265, 0: 10
B9-0123/2020 - § 16/3 #
2020/06/17 Outcome: +: 417, -: 268, 0: 11
B9-0123/2020 - Am 4 #
2020/06/17 Outcome: -: 501, +: 184, 0: 7
B9-0123/2020 - Am 6 #
2020/06/17 Outcome: +: 662, -: 25, 0: 9
B9-0123/2020 - § 32/1 #
2020/06/17 Outcome: +: 642, -: 31, 0: 23
B9-0123/2020 - § 32/2 #
2020/06/17 Outcome: +: 617, -: 42, 0: 36
B9-0123/2020 - § 34 #
2020/06/17 Outcome: +: 581, 0: 94, -: 21
B9-0123/2020 - § 36/1 #
2020/06/17 Outcome: +: 688, 0: 5, -: 3
B9-0123/2020 - § 36/2 #
2020/06/17 Outcome: -: 469, +: 221, 0: 6
B9-0123/2020 - § 38 #
2020/06/17 Outcome: +: 636, -: 43, 0: 17
B9-0123/2020 - § 46/1 #
2020/06/17 Outcome: +: 675, 0: 13, -: 8
B9-0123/2020 - § 46/2 #
2020/06/17 Outcome: +: 463, -: 217, 0: 16
B9-0123/2020 - § 46/3 #
2020/06/17 Outcome: +: 459, -: 215, 0: 22
B9-0123/2020 - § 53/1 #
2020/06/17 Outcome: +: 675, -: 11, 0: 10
B9-0123/2020 - § 53/2 #
2020/06/17 Outcome: +: 564, -: 127, 0: 5
B9-0123/2020 - § 60 #
2020/06/17 Outcome: +: 588, -: 55, 0: 53
B9-0123/2020 - § 63/1 #
2020/06/17 Outcome: +: 400, -: 242, 0: 53
B9-0123/2020 - § 63/2 #
2020/06/17 Outcome: +: 555, -: 89, 0: 52
B9-0123/2020 - Am 1 #
2020/06/17 Outcome: -: 479, +: 206, 0: 8
B9-0123/2020 - Considérant G #
2020/06/17 Outcome: +: 588, -: 77, 0: 31
B9-0123/2020 - Considérant L #
2020/06/17 Outcome: -: 517, +: 164, 0: 15
B9-0123/2020 - Considérant P #
2020/06/17 Outcome: +: 596, 0: 51, -: 49
B9-0123/2020 - Considérant U/1 #
2020/06/17 Outcome: +: 682, 0: 10, -: 4
B9-0123/2020 - Considérant U/2 #
2020/06/17 Outcome: +: 571, -: 74, 0: 51
B9-0123/2020 - Am 5 #
2020/06/17 Outcome: +: 688, 0: 4, -: 4
B9-0123/2020 - Résolution #
2020/06/18 Outcome: +: 653, 0: 29, -: 6
| Amendments | Dossier |
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2019/2975(RSP)
2020/02/03
EMPL
17 amendments...
Amendment 449 #
Paragraph 12 a (new) 12 a. Calls on all Member States to elaborate their own disability strategies and to research and publish new data that are helpful to tackle this issue;
Amendment 450 #
Paragraph 12 b (new) 12 b. Calls on the Commission to include a section on European Union institutions as public administrations to ensure that they comply with the UN CRPD in all respects, which includes making available the necessary resources, focal points, coordination mechanisms, internal policies, accessible infrastructure such as buildings, communications (including in sign language and Braille), websites and ICT applications, as well as permanent mechanisms to consult actively and effectively with representative organisations of persons with disabilities, positive actions and anti-discrimination safeguards that are necessary for the successful implementation of the European Disability Rights Agenda and of the UN CRPD both in the EU at large as well as within the EU institutions and agencies;
Amendment 451 #
Paragraph 12 b (new) 12 b. Calls on the EU and the Member States to fund training for and by persons with disabilities, their organisations, trade unions, employers federations, equality bodies, civil servants on the principle of non-discrimination, including multiple and intersectional discrimination and reasonable accommodation
Amendment 452 #
Paragraph 12 b (new) 12 b. Calls on the European Commission to ensure that the post 2020 Disability Strategy includes violence against persons with disabilities as one of its main focus areas, paying particular attention to gender-based violence, institutionalisation and children with disabilities;
Amendment 453 #
Paragraph 12 b (new) 12 b. Calls on the European Commission to ensure that the post 2020 Disability Strategy includes violence against persons with disabilities as one of its main focus areas, paying particular attention to gender-based violence and children with disabilities;
Amendment 454 #
Paragraph 12 b (new) 12 b. Recommends the EU to structurally integrate the European Disability Strategy within the European Semester process;
Amendment 455 #
Paragraph 12 c (new) 12 c. Calls on the European Union and those Member States which have not done so already to accede to the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (Istanbul Convention);
Amendment 456 #
Paragraph 12 c (new) 12 c. Calls on all Member States to develop their own national disability strategies for promoting disability equality mainstreaming and address the implementation of the UN CRPD;
Amendment 457 #
Paragraph 12 c (new) 12 c. Calls on the Commission to include good and bad practices in future reports to enable employers to effectively implement disability legislation
Amendment 458 #
Paragraph 12 d (new) 12 d. Recalls the right of persons with disabilities to an adequate standard of living and social protection particularly financial assistance and respite care; Calls on the Commission to ensure that the 2030 EU Disability Strategy includes specific actions to promote inclusive social protection systems across the EU which would guarantee access to benefits and services to people with disabilities across the life cycle; calls on the Member States to set a social protection floor for persons with disabilities that would guarantee their adequate standard of living;
Amendment 459 #
Paragraph 12 d (new) 12 d. Concerning external action of the EU, calls on the Commission to ensure all projects and infrastructure supported by EU funds in third countries are accesible for and inclusive of persons with disabilities and that EU funds invest at the implementation and monitoring of the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and capacity building of organisations of persons with disabilities,
Amendment 460 #
Paragraph 12 d (new) 12 d. Calls on all EU Member States to adopt the EU disability card and to implement all necessary actions to concretely ensure mutual recognition of disability when persons with disabilities move across the EU in order to guarantee their freedom of movement and the full protection of their rights;
Amendment 461 #
Paragraph 12 e (new) 12 e. Calls on the Commission to be a leader in disability inclusive implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals in external action independent of a new European disability strategy by adopting a clear, transparent and inclusive roadmap to achieving the goals;
Amendment 462 #
Paragraph 12 f (new) 12 f. Recommends the EU to structurally integrate the European Disability Strategy within the European Semester process;
Amendment 463 #
Paragraph 12 g (new) 12 g. Calls for the post 2020 Strategy to set out an interinstitutional structure to oversee its implementation; urges that Disability Focal Points be present in all Commission Directorates General and agencies and in all EU institutions, with the central Focal Point located within the Commission’s General Secretariat; stresses that an interinstitutional mechanism exist to ensure collaboration between the Commission, the Parliament and the Council, with their respective Presidents meeting at the start of each mandate;
Amendment 464 #
Paragraph 12 h (new) 12 h. Calls on the Commission to include a section on European Union institutions as public administrations to ensure that they comply with the UN CRPD in all respects, which includes making available the necessary resources, focal points, coordination mechanisms, internal policies, accessible infrastructure such as buildings, communications (including in sign language and Braille), websites and ICT applications, as well as permanent mechanisms to consult actively and effectively with representative organisations of persons with disabilities, positive actions and anti-discrimination safeguards that are necessary for the successful implementation of the European Disability Rights Agenda and of the CRPD both in the EU at large as well as within the EU institutions and agencies;
Amendment 465 #
Paragraph 13 13. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Commission
source: 646.989
2020/02/04
EMPL
448 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Citation 1 — having regard to Articles 2 of the Treaty on European Union, and Articles 2, 9, 10, 17, 19 and 216(2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Amendment 10 #
Citation 3 a (new) - having regard to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) and the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women(CEDAW)
Amendment 100 #
Draft motion for a resolution Recital F f (new) F f. whereas Article 9 CRPD recognises that appropriate measures must be taken to ensure that persons with disabilities, in particular girls and women, can enjoy real access to the physical environment, transport facilities, information and communications, including information and communication technologies, and to other facilities and services that are open to or provided for the public, in both rural and urban areas;
Amendment 101 #
Recital F g (new) F g. whereas gender equality was not horizontally mainstreamed in the European Disability Strategy 2010-2020; whereas equal treatment can be ensured by applying positive measures and policies for women with disabilities, mothers/fathers of children with disabilities, single parents with disabilities and/or single parents of children with disabilities; whereas including a gender dimension in the expected post- 2020 European Disability Strategy will contribute to an integrated approach to eliminating discrimination against women and girls with disabilities;
Amendment 102 #
Recital F h (new) F h. whereas the Directive on Work-life balance for parents and carers adopted in June 2019 establishes for the first time at a EU level a right for each worker to a carers' leave of five working days per year;
Amendment 103 #
Recital G a (new) G a. whereas Article19 of the UN CRPD states that "States Parties to the present Convention recognize the equal right of all persons with disabilities to live in the community, with choices equal to others, and shall take effective and appropriate measures to facilitate full enjoyment by persons with disabilities of this right and their full inclusion and participation in the community (..)".16a _________________ 16a OJ L 347/ 20.12.2013, p. 487-548, https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal- content/en/ALL/?uri=CELEX%3A32013 R1305
Amendment 104 #
Recital G a (new) G a. whereas the time and financial costs, physical and emotional demands, and logistical problems associated with caring for people with disabilities have far-reaching effects on their family members and that, therefore, measures supporting families in different fields are necessary;
Amendment 105 #
Recital G a (new) G a. whereas the burden of major chronic diseases is calculated on the basis of disability-adjusted life year (DALY) but that frameworks addressing chronic diseases vary across Europe and may be part of broader disability schemes in some countries;
Amendment 106 #
Recital G a (new) G a. whereas the EU Disability Strategy 2010-2020 failed to include and address the specific situation of women and girls with disabilities, who constitute an important group of women facing discrimination and other violations of their rights;
Amendment 107 #
Recital G a (new) G a. whereas only about 47% of persons with disabilities are employed, compared to 72% of persons without disabilities and the unemployment rate of persons aged 20-64 with disabilities is 17%, compared to 10% of people without disabilities;
Amendment 108 #
Recital G a (new) G a. whereas there is no mutual recognition of disability status between EU Member States, leading to difficulties for people with disabilities and their national disability cards might not be recognised in other Member States;
Amendment 109 #
Recital G a (new) G a. whereas a considerable proportion of the four million people experiencing homelessness every year have disability, having been largely overlooked as a target group of the UNCRPD and the EU Disability Strategy;
Amendment 11 #
Citation 4 a (new) - having regard to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD), General Comment N.º1, Article 12: Equal recognition before the law (adopted 11 April 2014) Corrigendum (26 January 2018),
Amendment 110 #
Recital G a (new) Amendment 111 #
Recital G a (new) G a. whereas there are 100 million European citizens with disabilities who encounter obstacles to their independent life on a daily basis;
Amendment 112 #
Recital G b (new) G b. whereas Eurofound1a pointed out that there is a lack of clarity regarding the inclusion of the concept of (chronic) ‘sickness’ in the definition of disability; whereas the agency recommends that a review of the European Disability Strategy should seek to address this issue; _________________ 1a Eurofound (2019), How to respond to chronic health problems in the workplace ?, Publication Office of the European Union, Luxembourg.
Amendment 113 #
Recital G b (new) G b. whereas people with disabilities are more often victims of discrimination in everyday life and they face a greater risk of suffering from poverty and social exclusion;
Amendment 114 #
Recital G b (new) G b. whereas the EU Disability card is a pilot project launched in February 2016 in a group of 8 Member States;
Amendment 115 #
Recital G c (new) G c. whereas the family members of persons with disabilities suffer from discrimination by association and measures supporting families will in turn have a positive impact on the full and equal realisation of the rights of persons with disabilities;
Amendment 116 #
Recital G c (new) G c. whereas the employment rate is significantly lower for people with disabilities, with only 50.6% of men with disabilities and 45.9% of women with disabilities participating in the labour market;
Amendment 117 #
Recital G d (new) G d. whereas the EU Disability Strategy 2010-2020 failed to include and address the specific situation of women and girls with disabilities, who constitute an important group of women facing discrimination and other violations of their rights;
Amendment 118 #
Recital H H. whereas the European Disability Strategy 2010-2020 (the present Strategy) has served as a framework for policy proposals to implement the UNCRPD both within and outside of the EU;
Amendment 119 #
Recital H H. whereas the European Disability Strategy 2010-2020 (the present Strategy) has served as a framework for policy and legislative proposals to implement the UNCRPD;
Amendment 12 #
Citation 4 b (new) - having regard the UN Convention on the rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD), General Comment N.º2, Article 9: Accessibility (Adopted 11 April 2014),
Amendment 120 #
Recital H a (new) Amendment 121 #
Recital H a (new) H a. whereas the EU Disability Strategy 2010-2020 failed to include and address the specific situation of women and girls with disabilities, who constitute an important group of women facing discrimination and other violations of their rights;
Amendment 122 #
Recital H a (new) H a. whereas the present Strategy has not been coordinated with the Europe 2020 strategy, the European Semester process and with the EU funds and programmes;
Amendment 123 #
Recital H b (new) H b. whereas the present Strategy has not been adaptable to emerging policy areas, e.g. it has not been aligned with the Agenda 2030, which the EU and all its Member States are committed to implementing, nor with the European Pillar of Social Rights;
Amendment 124 #
Recital I a (new) I a. whereas there are an estimated 80 million persons with disabilities in the European Union, of whom 46 million are women and, due to lack of statistics, an unknown number of children that possibly approaches 15% of the total number of children in the European Union;
Amendment 125 #
Recital I a (new) I a. Whereas the Commission so far has not undertaken a cross-cutting, comprehensive review of its legislation in order to ensure full harmonisation with the provisions of the UNCRPD;
Amendment 127 #
Recital I b (new) I b. whereas measures in the workplace are crucial for promoting positive mental health, and for preventing mental-health and psychosocial disabilities;
Amendment 128 #
Draft motion for a resolution Recital I b (new) I b. whereas the present Strategy does not address the Concluding Observations (CO) of the UNCRPD Committee to the EU;
Amendment 129 #
Recital I c (new) I c. whereas the present Strategy has a general approach and thereby has failed to recognise the diversity of disabilities, what barriers they pose to the persons living with them, what needs they create and what support they demand;
Amendment 13 #
Citation 4 c (new) - having regard to the UN Convention of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD), General Comment N.º3, Article 6: Women and girls with disabilities (Adopted 26 August 2016),
Amendment 130 #
Recital I d (new) I d. whereas the present Strategy fails to address the specific situation, forms of discrimination and rights deprivations of women and girls with disabilities;
Amendment 131 #
Recital I e (new) I e. whereas there has been a lack of mainstreaming of the rights of persons with disabilities in a large number of EU policy areas;
Amendment 132 #
Recital J J. whereas there continues to be new and revised legislation without any reference to the UNCRPD and accessibility; whereas accessibility is a prerequisite for independent living and participation; whereas the EU, as a party to the UNCRPD, has the duty to ensure the close involvement and active participation of persons with disabilities and their representative organisations in the development and implementation of legislation and policies while respecting diverse concepts of disability;
Amendment 133 #
Recital J a (new) J a. whereas it is imperative for persons with disabilities to have full and equal access to the labour market, which continues to be problematic, their employment rate standing at 58.5 % compared with 80.5 % among persons without disabilities, thus preventing many persons with disabilities from living an independent and active life; whereas the data varies considerably between different types of disabilities and support needs;
Amendment 134 #
Recital J a (new) J a. whereas employers must be supported and encouraged to ensure persons with disabilities are empowered all the way from education to employment; whereas to this end the awareness raising of employers is one way to combat discrimination in the hiring of persons with disabilities;
Amendment 135 #
Draft motion for a resolution Recital J b (new) J b. whereas actions aimed at tackling the challenges of demographic change need to include adequate measures for keeping people with disabilities active and in the labour market; whereas this not only includes prevention measures regarding occupational safety and health in the workplace, but also measures focusing on rehabilitation and participation following sickness or accident;
Amendment 136 #
Recital J c (new) J c. whereas participation can only be fully achieved if a large range of persons with disabilities and their representative organisations are included and all types of stakeholders are meaningfully consulted, respecting diverse concepts of disability
Amendment 137 #
Recital J d (new) J d. whereas employers must be supported and encouraged to ensure persons with disabilities are empowered all the way from education to employment; whereas to this end the awareness raising of employers is one way to combat discrimination in the hiring of persons with disabilities;
Amendment 138 #
Recital J e (new) J e. whereas measures in the workplace are crucial for promoting positive mental health, preventing mental ill-health and psychosocial disabilities
Amendment 139 #
Paragraph 1 1. Acknowledges the advancement in the implementation of the UNCRPD brought about by the European Disability Strategy 2010-2020; and calls on the Commission to
Amendment 14 #
Citation 4 d (new) - having regard to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD), General Comment N.º4, Article 24: Right to inclusive education (Adopted 26 August 2016),
Amendment 140 #
Paragraph 1 1. Acknowledges the advancement in the implementation of the UNCRPD brought about by the European Disability Strategy 2010-2020; calls on the Commission to continue the work by building upon and integrating what has been achieved and by upscaling the present Strategy, with a special focus on supporting Member States in implementation of the European Accessibility Act;
Amendment 141 #
Paragraph 1 1. Acknowledges the advancement in
Amendment 142 #
Paragraph 1 1. Acknowledges the advancement in the implementation of the UNCRPD brought about by the European Disability Strategy 2010-2020; calls on the Commission to
Amendment 143 #
Paragraph 1 1. Acknowledges the advancement in the implementation of the UNCRPD brought about by the European Disability Strategy 2010-2020; calls on the Commission to
Amendment 144 #
Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 145 #
Paragraph 1 1. Acknowledges the advancement in the implementation of the UNCRPD brought about by the European Disability Strategy 2010-2020; and calls on the Commission to
Amendment 146 #
Paragraph 1 1. Acknowledges the advancement in the implementation of the UNCRPD brought about by the European Disability Strategy 2010-2020
Amendment 147 #
Paragraph 1 a (new) 1 a. Recalls that the UNCRPD Committee, in its Concluding Observations, critically noted that austerity measures adopted by the EU and its Member States had worsened the standard of living of persons with disabilities, leading to higher poverty and social exclusion levels and cuts in social services and support to families and community-based services;
Amendment 148 #
Paragraph 1 a (new) 1 a. Is concerned that in some Member States persons with disabilities working in sheltered workshop are not formally recognised as workers under the law, paid less than the minimum wage and are not entitled to the same social advantages as regular workers;
Amendment 149 #
Paragraph 1 b (new) Amendment 15 #
Citation 4 e (new) - having regard to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD), General Comment N.º5, Article 19: Right to independente living (Adopted 31 August 2017),
Amendment 150 #
Paragraph 1 b (new) 1 b. Is particularly concerned about young people with disabilities and those who have been unemployed for a longer period of time; calls on the Member States to work towards including them in the labour market as a matter of priority for example as part of the Youth Guarantee programme;
Amendment 151 #
Paragraph 1 c (new) 1 c. Highlights that equality, non- discrimination, and the obligation to provide reasonable accommodation are at the core of the Disability Strategy and affect all areas covered by the strategy
Amendment 152 #
Paragraph 2 – introductory part 2. Calls on the Commission to continue the work by upscaling the present Strategy and propos
Amendment 153 #
Paragraph 2 – introductory part 2. Calls on the Commission to propose a
Amendment 154 #
Paragraph 2 – introductory part 2. Calls on the Commission to propose a comprehensive, ambitious and long-term post-2020 European Disability Strategy (the post-2020 Strategy) which include a European disability right agenda :
Amendment 155 #
Paragraph 2 – introductory part 2. Calls on the Commission to pr
Amendment 156 #
Paragraph 2 – introductory part 2. Calls on the Commission to pr
Amendment 157 #
Paragraph 2 – introductory part 2. Calls on the Commission to pr
Amendment 158 #
Paragraph 2 – introductory part 2. Calls on the Commission to pr
Amendment 159 #
Paragraph 2 – introductory part 2. Calls on the Commission to propose a comprehensive
Amendment 16 #
Citation 4 f (new) Amendment 160 #
Paragraph 2 – indent 1 - with designated priority areas covering all the provisions of the UNCRPD in all areas of EU policy and addressing the Concluding Observations of the UNCRPD Committee adopted in 2015 and the UNCRPD General Comments,
Amendment 161 #
Paragraph 2 – indent 1 - with designated priority areas covering all the provisions of the UNCRPD in all areas of EU policy and addressing the Concluding Observations of the UNCRPD Committee to the EU adopted in 2015,
Amendment 162 #
Paragraph 2 – indent 1 - with clearly designated priority areas covering all the provisions of the UNCRPD in all areas of EU policy and addressing the Concluding Observations of the UNCRPD Committee adopted in 2015,
Amendment 163 #
Paragraph 2 – indent 1 a (new) - With a special focus on the access to the labour market and a quality education for the people with disabilities,
Amendment 164 #
Paragraph 2 – indent 1 b (new) - Ensuring that effective promotion and support of social economy is amongst the priorities of the Strategy,
Amendment 165 #
Paragraph 2 – indent 1 c (new) - Mainstreaming the rights of the women with disabilities,
Amendment 166 #
Paragraph 2 – indent 2 - with ambitious and clear targets, including a list of planned actions with clear timeframes and allocated resources in the following thematic areas: equality, participation, free movement and independent living, accessibility, employment and training, education and culture, poverty and social exclusion, participation, external action, mainstreaming disability and awareness raising;
Amendment 167 #
Paragraph 2 – indent 2 - with ambitious
Amendment 17 #
Citation 4 g (new) - having regard to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD), General Comment N.º7, Article 4.3. and 3.3.: Participation of persons with disabilities in the implementation and monitoring of the Convention (Adopted 21 September 2018),
Amendment 170 #
Paragraph 2 – indent 3 a (new) Amendment 171 #
Paragraph 2 – indent 4 - reflecting the diversity of persons with disabilities and ensuring that Member States include into their legislation the recognition of specific disabilities in order to address and cover their specific needs (like for instance deafblindness),
Amendment 172 #
Paragraph 2 – indent 4 - reflecting the diversity of persons with disabilities, drawing equal attention also to persons with intellectual and psychosocial disabilities
Amendment 173 #
Paragraph 2 – indent 4 - reflecting the diversity of persons with disabilities including through targeted actions,
Amendment 174 #
Paragraph 2 – indent 4 - reflecting the diversity of persons with disabilities and their needs,
Amendment 175 #
Paragraph 2 – indent 4 - reflecting the diversity of
Amendment 176 #
Paragraph 2 – indent 4 a (new) - reflecting the guidance and interpretation of the UNCRPD given by the General Comments of the UNCRPD Committee, including definitions of the key terms; in particular on a common definition at the EU Level on "disability"
Amendment 177 #
Paragraph 2 – indent 4 a (new) - reflecting the guidance and interpretation of the UNCRPD given by the General Comments of the UNCRPD Committee, including definitions of the key terms,
Amendment 178 #
Paragraph 2 – indent 4 a (new) - reflecting the guidance and interpretation of the UNCRPD given by the General Comments of the UNCRPD Committee, including definitions of the key terms,
Amendment 179 #
Paragraph 2 – indent 4 a (new) - addressing the specific challenges of persons with disabilities being victims of intersectional discrimination,
Amendment 18 #
Citation 5 — having regard to the Concluding Observations of the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD Committee) of 2 October 2015 on the initial report of the European Union, including those on the European Union institutions’ compliance with the Convention as public administrations,
Amendment 180 #
Paragraph 2 – indent 5 - mainstreaming the rights of
Amendment 181 #
Paragraph 2 – indent 5 - mainstreaming the rights of the women, children, youth, older persons, and individuals with multiple disabilities with disabilities into all policies and all areas,
Amendment 182 #
Paragraph 2 – indent 5 - mainstreaming the rights of
Amendment 183 #
Paragraph 2 – indent 5 - mainstreaming the rights of
Amendment 184 #
Paragraph 2 – indent 5 - mainstreaming the rights of
Amendment 185 #
Paragraph 2 – indent 5 - mainstreaming the rights of
Amendment 186 #
Paragraph 2 – indent 5 - mainstreaming the rights of
Amendment 187 #
Paragraph 2 – indent 5 - mainstreaming the rights of
Amendment 188 #
Paragraph 2 – indent 5 - mainstreaming the rights of
Amendment 189 #
Paragraph 2 – indent 5 - mainstreaming the rights of
Amendment 19 #
Citation 5 — having regard to the Concluding Observations of the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD Committee) of 2 October 2015 on the initial report of the European Union, including those on the European Union institutions’ compliance with the Convention as public administrations,
Amendment 190 #
Paragraph 2 – indent 5 a (new) - recognising and addressing the multiple and intersectional forms of discrimination persons with disabilities may face, and in particular the challenges faced by women, girls, children, older and LGBTI persons with disabilities, as well as persons from racial and ethnic minorities,
Amendment 191 #
Paragraph 2 – indent 5 a (new) - recognising and addressing the multiple and intersectional forms of discrimination they may face, and in particular the challenges faced by woman, girls, children, elderly people and LGBTI persons with disabilities, as well as persons from racial and ethnic minorities,
Amendment 192 #
Paragraph 2 – indent 5 a (new) - recognising and addressing the multiple and intersectional forms of discrimination they may face, and in particular the challenges faced by women, girls, children, older and LGBTI persons with disabilities, as well as persons from racial and ethnic minorities.
Amendment 193 #
Paragraph 2 – indent 5 a (new) - recognising and addressing the multiple and intersectional forms of discrimination they may face, and in particular the challenges faced by women, girls, children, older and LGBTI persons with disabilities, as well as persons coming from minorities.
Amendment 194 #
Paragraph 2 – indent 5 a (new) - giving special attention to wellbeing and equal opportunities for children with disabilities inter alia via ensuring unreserved access to childcare and education and supporting families with children with disabilities,
Amendment 195 #
Paragraph 2 – indent 5 a (new) - including systematic and mainstreaming measures and actions to promote, protect and guarantee the rights, inclusion and well-being of women and girls with disabilities,
Amendment 196 #
Paragraph 2 – indent 5 a (new) Amendment 197 #
Paragraph 2 – indent 5 a (new) - reflecting the guidance and interpretation of the UNCRPD given by the General Comments of the UNCRPD Committee, including definitions of the key terms,
Amendment 199 #
Paragraph 2 – indent 5 b (new) Amendment 2 #
Citation 1 — having regard to Articles 2 of the Treaty on European Union, and Articles 2, 9, 10, 17, 19 and 216(2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Amendment 20 #
Citation 5 — having regard to the Concluding Observations of the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD Committee) of 2 October 2015 on the initial report of the European Union including those on the European Union institutions’ compliance with the Convention as public administrations,
Amendment 200 #
Paragraph 2 – indent 5 b (new) - recognising and addressing the multiple and intersectional forms of discrimination they may face, and in particular the challenges faced by women, girls, children, older and LGBTI disabled people, as well as persons from racial and ethnic minorities.
Amendment 201 #
Paragraph 2 – indent 5 b (new) - safeguarding gender mainstreaming and placing specific attention to the multiple forms of discrimination and rights violations faced by women and girls with disabilities,
Amendment 202 #
Paragraph 2 – indent 5 c (new) - setting new rules for the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and the International Air Transport Association (IATA) in order to protect the rights of the disabled passengers concerning the safety of the integrity of both their body and equipment when transferred, and the recognition of the need for extra seats in cases of a personal assistant or laying,
Amendment 203 #
Paragraph 2 – indent 5 c (new) - regarding the accessibility of buildings, transportation and media;
Amendment 204 #
Paragraph 2 – indent 6 - with an adequate and
Amendment 205 #
Paragraph 2 – indent 6 a (new) - by creating mechanisms for the coordination of portability and adaptability of benefits and services for the disabled people between Member States inside the EU;
Amendment 206 #
Paragraph 2 – indent 7 - ensuring coherence with other EU initiatives and strategies and integrating the follow-up to the Europe 2020 Strategy and initiatives under the European Pillar of Social Rights and the roadmap for a Social Europe,
Amendment 207 #
Paragraph 2 – indent 7 a (new) - ensuring active involvement of representative organisations of persons with disabilities in drafting, implementing and monitoring the post 2020 strategy
Amendment 209 #
Paragraph 2 – indent 8 - allocating an adequate budget for the implementation and monitoring of the post-2020 Strategy; including the allocation of an adequate budget for the EU CRPD Framework, which promotes, protects and monitors implementation of the CRPD in matters of EU competences, i.e. in EU legislation and policies and EU public administration
Amendment 21 #
Citation 5 — having regard to the Concluding Observations of the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD Committee) of 2 October 2015 on the initial report of the European Union, including those on the European Union institutions’ compliance with the Convention as public administrations,
Amendment 210 #
Paragraph 2 – indent 8 - allocating an adequate budget for the implementation of the post-2020 Strategy
Amendment 211 #
Paragraph 2 – indent 8 - allocating an adequate budget for the implementation of the
Amendment 212 #
Paragraph 2 – indent 8 a (new) - ensuring collaboration with authorities, business and civil society on European, national, regional and local level in order to ensure a good implementation of the post-2020 Strategy;
Amendment 213 #
Paragraph 2 – indent 8 a (new) - recognising and addressing the multiple and intersectional forms of discrimination they may face,
Amendment 214 #
Paragraph 2 – indent 8 a (new) - With a focus on assisting persons with disabilities in the labour market;
Amendment 215 #
Paragraph 2 – indent 8 a (new) - facilitating connection between different policy areas at the EU level,
Amendment 216 #
Paragraph 2 – indent 8 b (new) - recognising and addressing the multiple and intersectional forms of discrimination they may face, and in particular the challenges faced by women, girls, children, older and LGBTI persons with disabilities, as well as persons with disabilities, as well as persons from racial and ethnic minorities;
Amendment 217 #
Paragraph 2 – indent 8 b (new) - accelerating work on mutual recognition of disability status between EU Member States in all areas,
Amendment 218 #
Paragraph 2 – indent 8 c (new) - implementing the EU Disability Card to all EU Member States to ensure recognition of disability while moving across the EU and secure freedom of movement, access to culture, education and work for people with disabilities,
Amendment 219 #
Paragraph 2 – indent 8 d (new) Amendment 22 #
Citation 5 — having regard to the Concluding Observations of the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD Committee) of 2 October 2015 on the initial report of the European Union, including those on the European Union institutions’ compliance with the Convention as public administrations,
Amendment 220 #
Paragraph 2 – indent 8 e (new) - acknowledging the evolution of new technologies and its potential for persons with disabilities including ICT applications,
Amendment 221 #
Paragraph 2 – indent 8 f (new) - supporting independent living programmes especially for people with intellectual disabilities by promoting supported employment and supported housing;
Amendment 222 #
Paragraph 2 – indent 8 g (new) - targeting adult people with disabilities with a special attention to the intellectually disabled and their future after the death of the attendant;
Amendment 223 #
Paragraph 2 a (new) 2 a. Calls the Commission to ensure the inclusion of a gender-based and intersectional approach to combat the multiple forms of discrimination faced by women and girls with disabilities, and urges the European Union and those Member States which have not done so already to accede to the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (Istanbul Convention);
Amendment 224 #
Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 a (new) 2 a. Highlights the importance of a holistic definition and application of accessibility and its value as the basis for persons with disabilities to have equal opportunities as recognised in the CRPD and in line with the UN CRPD General Comment No 2, taking into account the diversity of the needs of persons with disabilities and promoting universal design as a principle of the EU;
Amendment 225 #
Paragraph 2 a (new) 2 a. Stresses the need for coherence between the post-2020 Strategy and frameworks targeting people with chronic diseases, including around employment activation, considering that strategies targeting persons with disabilities do not necessarily always adress the needs of these specific patients;
Amendment 226 #
Paragraph 2 a (new) 2 a. Calls on the European Commission to streamline disability in all aspects of the Social Pillar, including the ones on labour market participation, instead of limiting it to disability benefits and social protection;
Amendment 227 #
Paragraph 2 b (new) 2 b. Calls on the Member States to fully implement and continuously monitor all accessibility-related legislation, including the Audio visual Media Services Directive, the Telecoms Package and the Web Accessibility Directive, as well as relevant transport and passengers rights regulations; calls on the EU in this respect to coordinate and monitor this implementation in addition to promoting the ratification of the CRPD at internal and external level;
Amendment 228 #
Paragraph 2 b (new) 2 b. Calls for the post 2020 Strategy to set out an interinstitutional structure to oversee its implementation; urges that Disability Focal Points be present in all Commission's General Secretariat; stresses that an interinstitutional mechanism exist to ensure collaboration between the Commission, the Parliament and the Council, with their respective Presidents meeting at the start of each mandate;
Amendment 229 #
Paragraph 2 b (new) 2 b. Stresses that the 2020-2030 strategy should be based on a crosscutting, comprehensive review of all EU legislation and policy in order to ensure full harmonization with the provisions of the Convention, and include a revised declaration of competences;
Amendment 23 #
Citation 5 — having regard to the Concluding Observations of the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD Committee) of 2 October 2015 on the initial report of the European Union, including those on the European Union institutions’ compliance with the Convention as public administrations,
Amendment 230 #
Paragraph 2 c (new) 2 c. Calls on the Commission to extend - in the framework of the 2020-2030 strategy - EU accessibility requirements to all public transport modes as well as strengthen passenger rights to avoid further discrimination
Amendment 231 #
Paragraph 2 d (new) 2 d. Calls on the Commission - in the framework of the 2020-2030 strategy - to set mandatory requirements on the accessibility of public spaces and especially built environment
Amendment 232 #
Paragraph 3 3. Is concerned that the monitoring of some pieces of legislation such as the Web Accessibility Directive or the Regulation on Rail Accessibility (TSI- PRM) is through self-assessment by industry and Member States and is not conducted by an independent entity, and recommends therefore that the Commission adopts a monitoring methodology that involves persons with disabilities; Stresses that the post 2020 Strategy should be based on a cross- cutting, comprehensive review of all EU legislation and policy in order to ensure full harmonisation with the provisions of the UNCRPD; insists that it should include a
Amendment 233 #
Paragraph 3 3. Stresses that the post 2020 Strategy should be based on a cross-cutting, comprehensive review of all EU legislation and policy in order to ensure full harmonisation with the provisions of the UNCRPD; insists that it should include a revised declaration of competences including all policy areas in which the EU has legislated or adopted soft law measures that have an impact on persons with disabilities, and should propose concrete legislative proposals with implementation and monitoring measures;
Amendment 234 #
Paragraph 3 3. Stresses that the
Amendment 235 #
Paragraph 3 3. Stresses that the post
Amendment 236 #
Paragraph 3 a (new) 3 a. Calls for the post 2020 Strategy to set out an interinstitutional structure to oversee its implementation; urges that Disability Focal Points be present in all Commission Directorates General and agencies and in all EU institutions, with the central Focal Point located within the Commission’s General Secretariat; stresses that an interinstitutional mechanism exist to ensure collaboration between the Commission, the Parliament and the Council, with their respective Presidents meeting at the start of each mandate;
Amendment 237 #
Paragraph 3 a (new) 3 a. Urges the European Commission to improve its support to the public investment that aims to answer effectively to the shortcomings that people with disabilities face while accessing public buildings, infrastructures and virtual governmental services (either national, regional or local); urges, in this sense, the European Commission to provide non-repayable financing and to exclude all the referred public investment from the budgetary deficit criteria;
Amendment 238 #
Paragraph 3 a (new) 3 a. Calls the Commission to ensure the inclusion of a gender-based and intersectional approach to combat the multiple forms of discrimination faced by women and girls with disabilities, and urges the European Union and those Member States which have not done so already to accede to the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (Istanbul Convention);
Amendment 239 #
Paragraph 3 a (new) 3 a. Calls the Commission to ensure the inclusion of a gender-based and intersectional approach to combat the multiple forms of discrimination faced by women and girls with disabilities, and urges the European Union and those Member States which have not done so already to accede to the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (Istanbul Convention);
Amendment 24 #
Citation 5 — having regard to the Concluding Observations of the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD Committee) of 2 October 2015 on the initial report of the European Union, including those on the European Union institutions' compliance with the Convention as public administrations,
Amendment 240 #
Paragraph 3 a (new) 3 a. Stresses the need to mainstream the rights of people with disabilities and non-discriminatory principles into every policy of the European Union including employment programs for people with disabilities and intellectual disabilities, health research programs with therapeutical goals, as well as inclusive educational programs;
Amendment 241 #
Paragraph 3 a (new) 3 a. retains fundamental to ensure a high level of services and assistance to persons with disabilities, to this end considers it necessary to define minimum standards at EU level as guarantee that all the needs of persons with disabilities are met;
Amendment 242 #
Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 a (new) 3 a. Calls on the Commission to revise the cross-border health care directive to bring it in line with the CRPD in order to guarantee access to affordable and quality cross-border healthcare for persons with disabilities
Amendment 243 #
Paragraph 3 b (new) 3 b. Welcomes the recently adopted Directive on Work-life balance for parents and carers and in particular the introduction of a carers' leave of five working days per year for each worker in order to provide personal care or support to a relative, or to a person who lives in the same household as the worker, and who is in need of significant care or support for a serious medical reason, such as disability; calls on Member States to implement the Directive swiftly and to step up their efforts to ensure the take-up of the leave by making such leave paid; further encourages the Member States to introduce special provisions under the right to paternity leave, parental leave, carers' leave and flexible working arrangements that are adapted to particular needs, such as those of parents with a disability or parents of children with a disability or a long-term illness;
Amendment 244 #
Paragraph 3 b (new) 3 b. Calls for the post 2020 Strategy to set out an interinstitutional structure to oversee its implementation; urges that Disability Focal Points be present in all Commission Directorates General and agencies and in all EU institutions, with the central Focal Point located within the Commission’s General Secretariat; stresses that an interinstitutional mechanism exist to ensure collaboration between the Commission, the Parliament and the Council, with their respective Presidents meeting at the start of each mandate;
Amendment 245 #
Paragraph 3 b (new) 3 b. Calls for the post 2020 Strategy to set out an interinstitutional structure to oversee its implementation; urges that Disability Focal Points be present in all Commission Directorates General and agencies and in all EU institutions, with the central Focal Point located within the Commission’s General Secretariat; stresses that an interinstitutional mechanism exist to ensure collaboration between the Commission, the Parliament and the Council, with their respective Presidents meeting at the start of each mandate;
Amendment 246 #
Paragraph 3 b (new) 3 b. Calls on the Member States to combat the multiple forms of discrimination faced in particular by women and girls with disabilities;
Amendment 247 #
Paragraph 4 4. Calls on the Commission to prepare the post-2020 Strategy with the close and systematic involvement of persons with disabilities
Amendment 248 #
Paragraph 4 4.
Amendment 249 #
Paragraph 4 4. Calls on the Commission to prepare the post-2020 Strategy with the close and systematic involvement of persons with disabilities and of their representative family members or organisations, and to ensure their accessible and meaningful participation in the implementation, monitoring and
Amendment 25 #
Citation 5 — having regard to the Concluding Observations of the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD Committee) of 2 October 2015
Amendment 250 #
Paragraph 4 4. Calls on the Commission to prepare the post-2020 Strategy with the close and systematic involvement of persons with disabilities, their families, and of their representative organisations, and to ensure their accessible and meaningful participation in the implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the post-2020 Strategy also through funding their capacity-building;
Amendment 251 #
Paragraph 4 4. Calls on the Commission to prepare the post-2020 Strategy with the close, meaningful and systematic involvement of persons with disabilities and of their representative organisations, and to ensure their accessible and meaningful participation in the implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the post-2020 Strategy
Amendment 252 #
Paragraph 4 4. Calls on the Commission to prepare the post-2020 Strategy with the close and systematic involvement of persons with disabilities and of their representative organisations, and to ensure their accessible and meaningful participation in the preparation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the post-2020 Strategy also through funding their capacity-building;
Amendment 253 #
Paragraph 4 4. Calls on the Commission to prepare the post-2020 Strategy with the close and systematic involvement of
Amendment 254 #
Paragraph 4 4. Calls on the Commission to prepare the
Amendment 255 #
Paragraph 4 a (new) 4 a. Calls the Commission to ensure the inclusion of a gender-based and intersectional approach to combat the multiple forms of discrimination faced by women and girls with disabilities; urges the European Union and those Member States which have not done so already to accede to the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence;
Amendment 256 #
Paragraph 4 a (new) 4 a. Calls on the Commission to ensure that the strategy will remove all barriers (physical, intellectual, psychological, financial), preventing persons with disabilities from accessing quality and affordable services in line with their needs, and provide information in accessible formats, particularly concerning the right to vote which must be facilitated by all means.
Amendment 257 #
Paragraph 4 a (new) 4 a. Stresses that deafblind persons need additional care provided by professionals with specialist and qualified knowledge as well as deafblind interpreters; calls on the Member States to recognize the red-white cane as the symbol of the deafblind pedestrian in order to make deafblind people more visible in traffic;
Amendment 258 #
Paragraph 4 a (new) 4 a. Calls on the Commission to provide the necessary conditions to facilitate the implementation of the directives supporting the Accessible Act by the Member States, particularly on what concerns access to public transports.
Amendment 259 #
Paragraph 4 a (new) 4 a. Calls on the Commission to ensure that persons deprived of their legal capacity can exercise all the rights enshrined in European Union treaties and legislation;
Amendment 26 #
Citation 5 a (new) - having regard to the exploratory opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee requested by the European Parliament on the situation of women with disabilities,
Amendment 260 #
Paragraph 4 b (new) Amendment 261 #
Paragraph 4 b (new) 4 b. Calls on the Member States to foster participation by accelerating the deinstitutionalisation process and the replacement of substitute decision-making by supported decision-making;
Amendment 262 #
Paragraph 5 5. Calls on the Commission to include a review of the
Amendment 263 #
Paragraph 5 5. Calls on the Commission to include a review of the post-2020 Strategy every
Amendment 264 #
Paragraph 5 a (new) 5 a. Calls on the Commission to ensure the strategy will guarantee access to employment and vocational and professional training for persons with disabilities by ensuring that reasonable accomodations are provided in the workplace, that persons with disabilities are paid at the same level as employees without disabilities and avoiding and preventing that any other ways of discrimination at workplaces will be possible;
Amendment 265 #
Paragraph 5 a (new) 5 a. Calls on the Commission to recognize, promote and protect inclusive enterprises as are based on the right to work and employment, the fundamental right enshrined in Article 27 of the UNCRPD. Calls on Member States to encourage the growth of the inclusive enterprise of people with disabilities by implementing policies that facilitate investments;
Amendment 266 #
Paragraph 5 a (new) 5 a. Calls on the European Commission to ensure that the strategy will specially guarantee access to employment, vocational and professional trainings, inclusive education, affordable quality healthcare services, civic and political participation, digital services, sport activities for persons with disabilities;
Amendment 267 #
Paragraph 5 a (new) 5 a. Calls on the Commission and on the Member States to develop trainings about the disability challenges, targeting especially healthcare professionals, policy makers, educators and informing them on disability topics in order to tackle persisting stigma and misconceptions on all types of disabilities;
Amendment 268 #
Paragraph 5 a (new) 5 a. Calls on the Commission to mainstream disability within all European institutions and to create focal points in the main EU institutions, namely by establishing quotas of employment for people with disabilities;
Amendment 269 #
Paragraph 5 a (new) Amendment 27 #
Citation 5 a (new) - having regard to the exploratory opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee requested by the European Parliament on the situation of women with disabilities,
Amendment 270 #
Paragraph 5 a (new) 5 a. Calls on the Commission that inclusive enterprises are included in Social Economy at the European level;
Amendment 271 #
Paragraph 5 b (new) 5 b. Invites the Commission to carry out the necessary statistics and compilation of data on the population with disabilities aged below 15 years old;
Amendment 272 #
Paragraph 5 c (new) 5 c. Calls on the Commission to improve access for vulnerable children to essential services and social rights (specifically, healthcare, education, early childhood education and care, nutrition and housing);
Amendment 273 #
Paragraph 6 6. Stresses the need for continuous monitoring of the implementation of the UNCRPD; calls for the collection - with legally established safeguards - of robust
Amendment 274 #
Paragraph 6 6. Stresses the need for continuous monitoring of the implementation of the UNCRPD;
Amendment 275 #
Paragraph 6 6. Stresses the need for continuous monitoring of the implementation of the UNCRPD; calls for the collection of robust, disaggregated, comparable data on the situation of persons with disabilities, especially in education, the labour market, and in physical activity, to facilitate proper monitoring of progress; urges the Commission to provide adequate resources to the EU CRPD Framework to enable it to perform its functions independently and adequately; calls on the Commission to establish a European Access Board to monitor the implementation of EU accessibility legislation;
Amendment 276 #
Paragraph 6 6. Stresses the need for continuous monitoring of the implementation of the UNCRPD; calls for the collection of robust, disaggregated, comparable data on the situation of persons with disabilities to facilitate proper monitoring of progress; urges the Commission to provide adequate resources to the EU CRPD Framework to enable it to perform its functions independently and adequately; calls on the Commission to establish a European Access Board to monitor the implementation of EU accessibility legislation;
Amendment 277 #
Paragraph 6 6. Stresses the need for continuous monitoring of the implementation of the UNCRPD; calls for the collection of robust, disaggregated, comparable data on the situation of persons with disabilities to facilitate proper monitoring of progress; urges the Commission to provide adequate resources to the EU CRPD Framework to enable it to perform its functions independently and adequately; calls on the Commission to establish a European AccessBoard to monitor the implementation of EU accessibility legislation;;
Amendment 278 #
Paragraph 6 6. Stresses the need for continuous monitoring of the implementation of the UNCRPD; calls for the collection of robust, disaggregated, comparable data on the situation of persons with disabilities to facilitate proper monitoring of progress; urges the Commission to provide adequate resources to the EU CRPD Framework to enable it to perform its functions independently and adequately; calls on the Commission to establish a European Access Board to monitor the implementation of EU accessibility legislation;
Amendment 279 #
Paragraph 6 6. Stresses the need for continuous monitoring of the implementation of the UNCRPD; calls for the collection of robust, disaggregated (by disability type, age, gender, etc.), comparable data on the situation of persons with disabilities to facilitate proper monitoring of progress; urges the Commission to provide adequate
Amendment 28 #
Citation 5 a (new) - having regard to the General Comments of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, as the authoritative guidance on the implementation of the UN CRPD,
Amendment 280 #
Paragraph 6 6. Stresses the need for continuous monitoring of the implementation of the UNCRPD; calls for the collection of robust, disaggregated, comparable data with a gender perspective, on the situation of persons with disabilities to facilitate proper monitoring of progress; urges the Commission to provide adequate resources to the EU CRPD Framework to enable it to perform its functions independently and adequately;
Amendment 281 #
Paragraph 6 6. Stresses the need for
Amendment 282 #
Paragraph 6 – indent 1 (new) - the collection of robust, disaggregated, comparable data on the situation of disabled people to facilitate proper monitoring of progress,
Amendment 283 #
Paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1 (new) Stresses the need for continuous monitoring of the core values and fundamental principles of the UNCRPD and its General Comments;
Amendment 284 #
Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 – indent 2 (new) - adequate resources to the EU CRPD Framework to enable it to perform its functions independently and adequately,
Amendment 285 #
Paragraph 6 – indent 3 (new) - a flexible mechanism that can provide incentives for the optimal implementation of the CRPD. To that extent, commends initiatives like the Access City Awards and calls for relevant initiatives on the national level;
Amendment 286 #
Paragraph 6 a (new) Amendment 287 #
Paragraph 6 a (new) 6 a. Stresses that the potential of social economy enterprises and organisations in facilitating labour market inclusion for persons with disabilities should be acknowledged in the new EU Disability Strategy post 2020;
Amendment 288 #
Paragraph 6 b (new) 6 b. Calls on the Commission to propose an EU Charter of Fundamental Rights for Persons with Disabilities in order to establish common standards and rights (civil, political, economic and social) for persons with disabilities and to ensure their respect and recognition across all EU Member States;
Amendment 289 #
Paragraph 7 7. Calls on the Commission to systematically mainstream the rights of persons with disabilities in all the relevant EU laws, policies and programmes; with an establishment of disability focal points in all Commission DGs and Agencies, in all EU institutions; the main disability focal point being in the Commission’s Secretary General, to reflect the transversality of disability issues; and with assigned inter-institutional mechanism to coordinate the implementation of the CRPD in EU institutions and agencies; stresses in this regard that EU institutions as public administrations shall comply with the UN CRPD in all respects
Amendment 29 #
Citation 5 b (new) - having regard to the European Ombudsman’s strategic inquiries into how the European Commission ensures that persons with disabilities can access its websites (OI/6/2017/EA), how the European Commission treats persons with disabilities under the Joint Sickness Insurance Scheme for EU staff (OI/4/2016/EA), and the Decision in the joint inquiry in cases 1337/2017/EA and 1338/2017/EA on the accessibility for visually impaired candidates of selection procedures to recruit EU civil servants, organised by the European Personnel Selection Office,
Amendment 290 #
Paragraph 7 7. Calls on the Commission to systematically mainstream the rights of persons with disabilities in all the relevant EU laws, policies and programmes;
Amendment 291 #
Paragraph 7 7. Calls on the Commission to systematically mainstream the rights of persons with disabilities in all the relevant EU laws, policies and programmes; urges the full integration of the disability-rights perspective in the Gender Equality Strategy, the Youth Guarantee, the Green New Deal, the Child Guarantee and the forthcoming Green paper on Ageing, and stresses the need for a Disability Rights Guarantee to assist persons with disabilities into employment, traineeships, job placements and further education;
Amendment 292 #
Paragraph 7 7. Calls on the Commission to systematically mainstream the rights of persons with disabilities in all the relevant
Amendment 293 #
Paragraph 7 7. Calls on the Commission to systematically mainstream the rights of persons with disabilities in all the relevant EU laws, policies and programmes; urges the full integration of the disability-rights perspective in the Gender Equality Strategy, the Youth Guarantee, the European Green deal, the Child Guarantee and the forthcoming Green paper on Ageing, and stresses the need for a Disability Rights Guarantee to assist persons with disabilities into employment, traineeships, job placements and further education;
Amendment 294 #
Paragraph 7 7. Calls on the Commission expert Task Force under the supervision of Commissioner Dalli to systematically mainstream the rights of persons with disabilities in all the relevant EU laws, decisions, policies and programmes, including in its gender equality policy, with a special attention placed on the fight against violence, and in its foreign policy; reminds the Commission to also monitor this inside the EU institutions;
Amendment 295 #
Paragraph 7 7. Calls on the Commission to systematically mainstream the rights of persons with disabilities in all the relevant EU laws, policies and programmes; calls on the Commission to ensure disability- specific measures are included in the Country Specific Recommendations , especially with the upcoming proposals for the implementation of the principles of European Pillar of Social Rights;
Amendment 296 #
Paragraph 7 7. Calls on the Commission to systematically mainstream the rights of persons with disabilities in all the relevant EU laws, policies and programmes; Calls on the Commission to ensure disability- specific measures in the European Semester, especially when it comes to the upcoming proposals for the implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights.
Amendment 297 #
Paragraph 7 7. Calls on the Commission to systematically mainstream the rights of persons with disabilities in all the relevant EU laws, policies and programmes, in particular areas such as employment, health, housing, access to training and long-life learning, social inclusion and independent living, sexual and reproductive rights and non discrimination;
Amendment 298 #
Paragraph 7 7. Calls on the Commission to systematically mainstream the rights of persons with disabilities in all the relevant EU laws, policies and programmes; EU funds should aim to promote inclusive environments, services, practices and devices, favouring deinstitutionalisation, including strong support for personal assistance;
Amendment 299 #
Paragraph 7 7. Calls on the Commission to systematically mainstream the rights of persons with disabilities in all the relevant EU laws, policies and programmes; Stresses the need for the full integration of the disability-rights perspective in the Gender Equality Strategy;
Amendment 3 #
Citation 1 — having regard to Articles 2 of the Treaty on European Union, and Articles 2, 9, 10, 17,19 and 216(2) of the Treaty on the
Amendment 30 #
Citation 5 b (new) - having regard to the European Ombudsman’s strategic inquiries into how the European Commission ensures that persons with disabilities can access its websites (OI/6/2017/EA), how the European Commission treats persons with disabilities under the Joint Sickness Insurance Scheme for EU staff (OI/4/2016/EA), and the Decision in the joint inquiry in cases 1337/2017/EA and 1338/2017/EA on the accessibility for visually impaired candidates of selection procedures to recruit EU civil servants, organised by the European Personnel Selection Office,
Amendment 300 #
Paragraph 7 7. Calls on the Commission to systematically mainstream the rights of
Amendment 301 #
Paragraph 7 a (new) 7 a. Calls on the Commission to promote inclusive education and lifelong learning for people with disabilities; calls on the Commission to encourage the development of quality frameworks for traineeships and also to encourage and develop training opportunities through apprenticeships for people with disabilities, through the provision of reasonable accommodation and privileged conditions of accessibility, in order to facilitate their integration into the labour market;
Amendment 302 #
Paragraph 7 a (new) 7 a. Calls on the Commission to promote structural involvement of persons with disabilities and their representative organisations in all decision-making phases, both nationally and at EU level, and to fund capacity building of organisations of persons with disabilities to enable them to participate in a structural way in all decisions that concern persons with disabilities;
Amendment 303 #
Paragraph 7 a (new) 7 a. Calls on the Commission to ensure that the post-2020 Strategy will especially guarantee access to employment, trainings, inclusive education, to affordable quality healthcare services, to digital services, to sport activities for persons with disabilities;
Amendment 304 #
Paragraph 7 a (new) 7 a. calls on the Commission to adopt a gender-based approach in the disability strategy post-2020, considering the specific needs of women with disabilities and ensuring that caregivers receive support to balance care duties and personal life;
Amendment 305 #
Paragraph 7 a (new) 7 a. Calls on the Commission to work with the European Court of Justice on communication and accessibility strategies to make it possible to people with disabilities to access the justice of the European Union;
Amendment 306 #
Paragraph 7 a (new) 7 a. Calls on the Commission to properly and quickly assess the EU disability card project in order to consider the possible wider implementation in all the EU countries;
Amendment 307 #
Paragraph 7 a (new) Amendment 308 #
Paragraph 7 a (new) 7 a. Calls on the Commission to propose concrete measures in order to ensure that all economically active persons with disabilities can exercise their freedom of movement;
Amendment 309 #
Paragraph 7 a (new) 7 a. Stresses the fact that people with disabilites are more exposed to the risk of poverty and social exclusion than those without;
Amendment 31 #
Citation 6 — having regard to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the European Convention on Human Rights, the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights,
Amendment 310 #
Paragraph 7 b (new) 7 b. Calls on the Commission to develop concrete actions at EU level to ensure that all economically active people with disabilities are able to exercise their freedom of movement and to enjoy freedom of movement and work abroad on an equal basis with others.
Amendment 311 #
Paragraph 7 b (new) 7 b. Calls on the Commission to ensure access to jobs and training for people with disabilities within the EU institutions;
Amendment 312 #
Paragraph 8 8. Calls on the Commission to safeguard the UNCRPD-compliant use of EU funds and to ensure that EU funds will not contribute to the construction or refurbishment of institutional care settings
Amendment 313 #
Paragraph 8 8. Calls on the Commission to safeguard the UNCRPD-compliant use of EU funds and to ensure that EU funds will not contribute to the construction or refurbishment of institutional care settings, nor invest in structures that are inaccessible to persons with disabilities. Furthermore, funds should actively be invested in research to develop better and more affordable assistive technology for persons with disabilities and towards increasing the participation of persons with disabilities in all EU funded programmes;
Amendment 314 #
Paragraph 8 8. Calls on the Commission to safeguard the UNCRPD-compliant use of EU funds and to ensure that EU funds will not contribute to the construction or refurbishment of institutional care settings nor be invested in structures which are inaccessible to persons with disabilities; believes that more funds must be invested in research to develop better and more affordable assistive technology for persons with disabilities and towards increasing the participation of persons with disabilities in all EU funded programmes;
Amendment 315 #
Paragraph 8 8. Calls on the Commission to safeguard the UNCRPD-compliant use of EU funds and to ensure that EU funds will not contribute to the construction or refurbishment of institutional care settings; nor invest in structures that are inaccessible to persons with disabilities. Furthermore, funds should actively be invested in research to develop better and more affordable assistive technology for persons with disabilities and towards increasing the participation of persons with disabilities in all EU funded programmes;
Amendment 316 #
Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Calls on the Commission to safeguard the UNCRPD-compliant use of EU funds and to ensure that EU funds will not contribute to the construction or refurbishment of institutional care settings nor invest in structures that are inaccessible to persons with disabilities. Furthermore, funds should actively be invested in research to develop better and more affordable assistive technology for persons with disabilities and towards increasing the participation of persons with disabilities in all EU funded programmes;
Amendment 317 #
Paragraph 8 8. Calls on the Commission to safeguard the UNCRPD-compliant use of EU funds and to ensure that EU funds will not contribute to the construction or refurbishment of institutional care settings; believes EU funds must be addressed towards promoting inclusive environments, services, practices and devices, and deinstitutionalization, through, among other measures, determined support for personal assistance and independent living;
Amendment 318 #
Paragraph 8 8. Calls on the Commission to safeguard the UNCRPD-compliant use of EU funds and to ensure that EU funds, in a specific time period of five years, will not contribute to the construction or refurbishment of institutional care settings or any other kind of settings that could easily turn into an institution;
Amendment 319 #
Paragraph 8 8. Calls on the Commission to safeguard the UNCRPD-compliant use of EU funds and to ensure that EU funds will not contribute to the construction or refurbishment of
Amendment 32 #
Citation 7 — having regard to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its Sustainable Development Goals, which the EU is committed to implement,
Amendment 320 #
Paragraph 8 8. Calls on the Commission to safeguard the UNCRPD-compliant use of EU funds and to ensure that EU funds will not contribute to
Amendment 321 #
Paragraph 8 8.
Amendment 322 #
Paragraph 8 8. Calls on the Commission to safeguard the UNCRPD-compliant use of EU funds and to ensure that EU funds will not contribute to the construction or refurbishment of institutional care settings, but services in the community that foster inclusion;
Amendment 323 #
Paragraph 8 8. Calls on the Commission to safeguard the UNCRPD-compliant use of EU funds and to ensure that EU funds will not contribute to the construction or refurbishment of institutional care
Amendment 324 #
Paragraph 8 8. Calls on the Commission to safeguard the UNCRPD-compliant use of EU funds and to ensure that EU funds will not contribute to the construction or refurbishment of institutional care
Amendment 325 #
Paragraph 8 – subparagraph 1 (new) Calls on the Commission to safeguard the UNCRPD-compliant use of EU funds and to ensure that EU funds will not contribute to unethical research, involuntary sterilization nor violation of reproduction rights of persons with disabilities.
Amendment 326 #
Paragraph 8 – point 1 (new) (1) Calls on the Commission to safeguard the UNCRPD-compliant use of EU funds and to recognise that persons with intelectual and psychosocial disabilities are particularly vulnerable to experimental approaches and treatments, which do not have a robust scientific evidence base and can cause significant harm.
Amendment 327 #
Paragraph 8 a (new) 8 a. Calls on the Commission to examine the possibility of legislative and non-legislative proposals regarding the Independent Living strategy that reflects the European Way of Life for the disabled people, by mainstreaming best practices - concerning Independent Living and Personal Assistance, - regarding the assistance for starting a family, - in the field of employment, - in removing all barriers (physical, intellectual, psychological, financial), that prevent disabled people from accessing quality and affordable healthcare services, and provide information in accessible formats, especially for people with lifelong disabilities, - in familiarising disabled and non- disabled people with the social model of disability and combating all stereotypes, like in the area of sexuality, through the development of campaigns and cooperation with the creative industries;
Amendment 328 #
Paragraph 8 a (new) 8 a. Stresses that the austerity measures adopted at EU and Member States level worsened the economic and social conditions of persons with disabilities as outlined by the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in its concluding observations on the initial report of the European Union;
Amendment 329 #
Paragraph 8 a (new) 8 a. Highlights the key role of carer family members; points out that caring for a disabled family member may increase stress, take a toll on mental and physical health, and affect decisions about work, education and training; stresses the need for policies and measures to support carer family members;
Amendment 33 #
Citation 7 a (new) - having regard to the explicit disability references in the Sustainable Development Goals, related to education (Goal 4), growth and employment (Goal 8), inequality (Goal 10), accessibility of human settlements (Goal 11) and data collection (Goal 17),
Amendment 330 #
Paragraph 8 a (new) 8 a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that the European Strategy and national actions are fully aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals and the United Nations 2030 Agenda, as a major global framework for action for sustainability, equality and inclusion
Amendment 331 #
Paragraph 8 a (new) 8 a. Calls on the Commission to ensure coherent implementation of the European funds, with concurrent strategies in the Member States, to develop universal accessibility, truly achieving a Europe free of barriers by the end of the next European Strategy post 2020 period;
Amendment 332 #
Paragraph 8 a (new) 8 a. Calls on the Commission to end institutional care and to actively promote the transition from institutional and/or segregating care to community based support, including personal assistance, and inclusive (mainstream) services in all EU policy initiatives.
Amendment 333 #
Paragraph 8 a (new) 8 a. Highlights the key role of carer family members, who often fulfil the care and assistance needs of the persons with disabilities; in this regards stresses the need for EU and national policies and strategies to strongly support family members and carers;
Amendment 334 #
Paragraph 8 a (new) 8 a. Calls on the Commission to actively promote the transition from institutional and/or segregating care to community based support, including personal assistance, and inclusive (mainstream) services, in all EU policy initiatives;
Amendment 335 #
Paragraph 8 a (new) 8 a. Calls on the Commission to actively promote the transition from institutional and/or segregating care to community based support, including personal assistance, and inclusive (mainstream) services, in all EU policy initiatives.
Amendment 336 #
Paragraph 8 a (new) 8 a. Calls on the Commission to actively promote the transition from institutional and / or segregating care to community based support, including personal assistance and inclusive mainstreamed services in all EU policy initiatives.
Amendment 337 #
Paragraph 8 a (new) Amendment 338 #
Paragraph 8 a (new) 8 a. Calls on the Commission to adopt a strong position to make clear that the general availability of (mainstream) Community-based services (CBS) is essential for the transition from institutional care to living in the community;
Amendment 339 #
Paragraph 8 a (new) 8 a. Calls on the Court of Auditors to examine if EU-funded opportunities reach persons with disabilities equally;
Amendment 34 #
Citation 9 a (new) - having regard to the 20 principles of the European Pillar of Social Rights proclaimed by the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission in November 2017,
Amendment 340 #
Paragraph 8 a (new) 8 a. Calls on the Commission to ensure external action is included in the Strategy;
Amendment 341 #
Paragraph 8 b (new) 8 b. Calls on the Commission to include a section in the post-2020 Strategy on European Union institutions as public administrations to ensure that they comply with the UN CRPD in all respects, which includes making available the necessary resources, coordination mechanisms, internal policies, accessible infrastructure such as buildings, communications (including in sign language and Braille), websites and ICT applications, as well as positive actions and anti-discrimination safeguards that are necessary for the successful implementation of the post-2020 Strategy and of the CRPD both in the EU at large as well as within the EU institutions and agencies;
Amendment 342 #
Paragraph 8 b (new) 8 b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that the European Strategy and national actions are fully aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals and the United Nations 2030 Agenda, as a major global framework for action which includes disability as a horizontal issue in SDGs 4, 8, 10,11 and 17;
Amendment 343 #
Paragraph 8 b (new) 8 b. Calls on the Commission to adopt a strong position to make clear that the general availability of (mainstream) Community-based services (CBS) is essential for the transition from institutional care to living in the community;
Amendment 344 #
Paragraph 8 c (new) Amendment 345 #
Paragraph 8 d (new) 8 d. Calls on the Commission to promote the transition from institutional care to CBS and Personal Assistance (PA) in all EU policy tools and initiatives;
Amendment 346 #
Paragraph 8 e (new) 8 e. Calls on the Commission to ensure that the European Semester is used to monitor and ensure that austerity does not damage social protection;
Amendment 347 #
Paragraph 8 f (new) 8 f. Calls on the Commission to ensure that the availability and quality of CBS and PA are included as an indicator in the EU Social Scoreboard;
Amendment 348 #
Paragraph 8 g (new) 8 g. Calls on the Commission to ensure that the European and national rules regarding working time and working conditions recognise the importance of the transition towards CBS and PA. This includes working with Member States to make sure that the national social security systems provide sufficient funding to allow PA users to comply with EU regulations;
Amendment 349 #
Paragraph 8 h (new) 8 h. Calls on the Commission to involve European citizens to improve the transparency and effectiveness of EU Funds;
Amendment 35 #
Citation 10 a (new) - having regard to Directive (EU) 2018/1808 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 November 2018 amending Directive 2010/13/EU on the coordination of certain provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action in Member States concerning the provision of audiovisual media services (Audiovisual Media Services Directive) in view of changing market realities (OJ L 303, 28.11.2018, p. 69),
Amendment 350 #
Paragraph 8 i (new) 8 i. Calls on the Commission to make it clear that EU funds can only be used for genuine deinstitutionalisation and independent living, as set out in Article 19 and its General Comment No 518a _________________ 18a https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/15/tr eatybodyexternal/Download.aspx?symbol no=CRPD/C/GC/5⟪=en
Amendment 351 #
Paragraph 8 j (new) 8 j. Calls on the Commission to promote initiatives to ensure that the support services funded by EU Funds start from the needs of individuals, not the interests of service providers or the authorities;
Amendment 352 #
Paragraph 8 k (new) 8 k. Calls on the Commission to promote an independent monitoring and complaints system for the use of EU Funds to ensure that no public or private funds in the EU are spent on building, maintaining and/or renovating institutions of any type;
Amendment 353 #
Paragraph 8 l (new) 8 l. Calls on the Commission that the current European Code of Conduct on Partnership is replaced with a new one for 2021 –2027 and is fully implemented. This should include using co-production to fully involve (disabled) citizens in the set- up, monitoring and evaluation of projects;
Amendment 354 #
Paragraph 8 m (new) 8 m. Calls on the Commission to promote freedom of movement for persons with disabilities;
Amendment 355 #
Paragraph 8 n (new) 8 n. Calls on the Commission to promote the need to revise Article 153 of the TFEU to give the EU the tools to contribute to a progressive, effective and consistent social policy;
Amendment 356 #
Paragraph 8 o (new) 8 o. Calls on the Commission to promote better coordination of support services between countries and the setting up of contact points in all Member States to inform(disabled) EU citizens about social rights and support services across Europe.
Amendment 357 #
Paragraph 8 p (new) 8 p. Calls on the Commission to expand the pilot project of the EU Disability Card beyond culture and sport, to ensure that disabled people across Europe can access disability support without the need for separate assessments in each Member State;
Amendment 358 #
Paragraph 8 q (new) 8 q. Calls on the Commission to put in place actions to ensure that mainstream accessible public transport becomes an enforceable right for all EU citizens.
Amendment 359 #
Paragraph 8 r (new) 8 r. Calls on the Commission that the European transnational programmes like Erasmus+ and the European Solidarity Corps are fully accessible and inclusive to all EU citizens, whatever their support needs are;
Amendment 36 #
Citation 10 a (new) - having regard to its resolution of 15 September 2016 on application of Council Directive 2000/78/EC of 27 November 2000 establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation (‘Employment Equality Directive’),
Amendment 360 #
Paragraph 8 s (new) 8 s. Calls on the Commission and the Council to build on the Council recommendation on access to social protection19a and the proposal for a regulation on the Coordination of social security systems20a, to enable all EU citizens to access (social) support services across the EU. This is in line with a recommendation of the UN CRPD Committee. _________________ 19ahttps://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal- content/EN/TXT/?uri=uriserv:OJ.C_.201 9.387.01.0001.01.ENG&toc=OJ:C:2019:3 87:TOC 20a https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil /popups/ficheprocedure.do?reference=201 6/0397(COD)&l=en
Amendment 361 #
Paragraph 8 t (new) 8 t. Calls on the Commission to use the European Accessibility Act (EAA) as a basis to adopt a strong European framework for an accessible and inclusive (built) environment with fully accessible services, including transport, communication and financial services;
Amendment 362 #
Paragraph 9 9. Calls on the Commission and Member States to develop a comprehensive campaign in accessible format with engagement of media to raise awareness of the UN CRPD, rights and needs of persons with disabilities as well as barriers they face among the persons with disabilities and the society in general;
Amendment 363 #
Paragraph 9 9. Calls on the Commission to develop a comprehensive campaign in accessible format to raise awareness of the UN CRPD among the persons with disabilities and the society in general, with the aim of changing negative attitudes about disabled people into positive and to avoid discrimination;
Amendment 364 #
Paragraph 9 9. Calls on the Commission to develop a comprehensive campaign in accessible format to raise awareness of the UN CRPD among the
Amendment 365 #
Paragraph 9 9. Calls on the Commission
Amendment 366 #
Paragraph 9 9. Calls on the Commission to develop a comprehensive campaign in accessible format, including an easy-to- read version, to raise awareness of the UN CRPD among the persons with disabilities and the society in general;
Amendment 367 #
Paragraph 9 9. Calls on the Commission to develop a comprehensive campaign in accessible formats and national sign languages to raise awareness of the UN CRPD among the persons with disabilities and the society in general;
Amendment 368 #
Paragraph 9 9. Calls on the Commission to develop a comprehensive campaign in accessible format to raise awareness of the UN CRPD among the persons with disabilities, the duty-bearers and the society in general;
Amendment 369 #
Paragraph 9 a (new) 9 a. Points out that EU funds should never finance inaccessible products, services or infrastructure; encourages Member States to guarantee full mobility for people with disabilities also by removing architectural barriers which prevent people with disabilities from moving freely;
Amendment 37 #
Citation 10 b (new) - having regard to Directive (EU) 2018/1972 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 establishing the European Electronic Communications Code (Recast) (OJ L 321, 17.12.2018, p. 36.),
Amendment 370 #
Paragraph 9 a (new) 9 a. Stresses that EU funds should preferably be directed to services or infrastructure that are accessible; encourages all Member States to remove all kinds of barriers which prevent people with disabilities from moving freely;
Amendment 371 #
Paragraph 9 a (new) 9 a. Calls on the Commission to ensure the EU Disability Strategy post-2020 includes the end of acts of gender-based violence, such as forced sterilisation and forced institutionalisation;
Amendment 372 #
Paragraph 9 a (new) 9 a. Calls on the Commission to actively involve persons with disabilities and their representative organisations in awareness-raising activities in order to achieve better results;
Amendment 373 #
Paragraph 9 a (new) 9 a. Calls on the Commission to develop accessible formats of all European legislation and communications concerning disability adapted to persons with disabilities;
Amendment 374 #
Paragraph 9 a (new) 9 a. Calls on the Commission to develop European initiatives which promote self advocacy and political participation of people with disabilities;
Amendment 375 #
Paragraph 9 a (new) 9 a. Calls on all Member states to support and increase the prestige of social work -social workers and people being active in social services;
Amendment 376 #
Paragraph 9 a (new) 9 a. Calls on the Commission to create a clear mechanism of responsibility, control and sanctions for the set strategies;
Amendment 377 #
Paragraph 9 b (new) 9 b. Underlines that accessibility must be included as pre-condition in any EU initiative concerning new technologies and research, and the EU should act on ensuring availability and affordability of assistive technology;
Amendment 378 #
Paragraph 9 b (new) 9 b. Calls on all Member states to solve the question of homeless people with disabilities- a specific group of which are people on the autism spectrum;
Amendment 379 #
Paragraph 9 c (new) 9 c. Calls on all Member states to ensure sufficient support - financial as well as professional - for people taking care of their family members with disabilities who live in the same home. The fact that they have to take care of their relatives often has a negative impact on their family and professional life, they face exclusion and discrimination. It is essential that even they can enjoy all their rights in all areas of life.
Amendment 38 #
Citation 12 a (new) - having regard to the Commission communication of 14 January 2020 entitled ‘A Strong Social Europe for Just Transitions’ (COM(2020) 14),
Amendment 380 #
Paragraph 9 c (new) 9 c. Highlights that people with disabilities often have high skills and qualifications that are not valued, which prevents them from the self-realization and the society from the social and economic value of their inclusion.
Amendment 381 #
Paragraph 9 c (new) 9 c. Calls on the Commission to create, in cooperation with the private sector, one portal that collects all the instruments provided for the optimal social participation of disabled people,
Amendment 382 #
Paragraph 10 10. Calls on the Member States to affirm their commitment to promoting, protecting and ensuring the full and equal enjoyment of all human rights and fundamental freedoms by all persons with disabilities, and to
Amendment 383 #
Paragraph 10 10. Calls on the Member States to affirm their commitment to promoting, protecting and ensuring the full and equal
Amendment 384 #
Paragraph 10 10. Calls on the Member States to affirm their commitment to promoting, protecting and ensuring the full and equal enjoyment of all human rights and fundamental freedoms, including the right to free movement and residence, by all persons with disabilities, and to promoting respect for their inherent dignity also by implementing the post-2020 Strategy and to allocate adequate human and financial resources to its implementation;
Amendment 385 #
Paragraph 10 10. Calls on the Member States to
Amendment 386 #
Paragraph 10 10. Calls on the Member States to re- affirm their commitment to promoting, protecting and ensuring the full and equal enjoyment of all human rights and fundamental freedoms, including the right to free movement and residence, by all persons with disabilities, and to promoting respect for their inherent dignity also by implementing the
Amendment 387 #
Paragraph 10 10. Calls on the Member States to re- affirm their commitment to promoting, protecting and ensuring the full and equal enjoyment of all human rights and fundamental freedoms
Amendment 388 #
Paragraph 10 a (new) 10 a. Urges the European Commission to improve the accessibilities' level and quality in all buildings of the European institutions, as well as to remove the existing barriers to the European Institutions' websites, debates and documentation, i.e. the accessibility barriers to the communication of the information produced, by e.g. providing translation into the Sign Language of the various countries, documents in Braille, documents in easy language, among others;
Amendment 389 #
Paragraph 10 a (new) 10 a. Calls on the Member States to take all the necessary measures to increase the employment of persons with disabilities in their workforce and to develop new models of support to help people into work when they are managing a long-term health condition or disability; also encourages the Member States to deliver new accessible and adaptable homes for their disabled communities;
Amendment 39 #
Citation 13 a (new) - having regard to the Commission communication of 14 January 2020 on a strong social Europe for just transitions (COM(2020)0014),
Amendment 390 #
Paragraph 10 a (new) 10 a. Calls on the European Commission to ensure that the European Disability Rights Agenda 2020- 2030 includes the end of violence against persons with disabilities as one of its main objectives, paying particular attention to gender-based violence, including forced sterilisation, forced institutionalisation, forced treatment and violence;
Amendment 391 #
Paragraph 10 a (new) Amendment 392 #
Paragraph 10 a (new) 10 a. Calls on the European Commission to ensure that the European Disability Rights Agenda 2020-2030 includes the end of violence against persons with disabilities as one of its main objectives, paying particular attention to gender-based violence including forced sterilisation, forced institutionalisation, forced treatment and violence;
Amendment 393 #
Paragraph 10 a (new) 10 a. Calls on the European Commission to ensure that the Strategy includes the end of violence against persons with disabilities as one of its main objectives, paying particular attention to gender-based violence, including forced sterilisation, forced institutionalisation, forced treatment and violence;
Amendment 394 #
Paragraph 10 a (new) 10 a. Calls on the Member States to take concrete actions to ensure the full and proper implementation of the Directive (EU) 2019/882 (European Accessibility Act); calls on the Commission to set up effective monitoring and enforcement mechanisms for the implementation of the European Accessibility Act.
Amendment 395 #
Paragraph 10 a (new) 10 a. Calls on the Commission to ensure that the post-2020 Strategy will specially promote guaranteed access to employment, trainings, inclusive education, to affordable quality healthcare services, to digital services, to sport activities for disabled people;
Amendment 396 #
Paragraph 10 a (new) 10 a. Calls on Member States to further develop and/or better implement measures that promote participation of people with disabilities in the labour market and to therewith protect and promote their right to work and social inclusion;
Amendment 397 #
Paragraph 10 a (new) 10 a. Calls on the Member States to take all necessary measures in order to support persons with disabilities into education, traineeships, employment and job placements, respecting the principle of equal treatment;
Amendment 398 #
Paragraph 10 a (new) 10 a. Calls on Member States to enhance national initiatives which promote self advocacy and political participation of persons with disabilities.
Amendment 399 #
Paragraph 10 b (new) 10 b. Is concerned that in some Member States, persons with disabilities working in sheltered workshops are not formally recognised as workers under the law, are paid less than the minimum wage and are not entitled to the same social protection as other workers; Urges the commission to charge member states to respect of the principle of equal treatment and equal pay for work of equal value for all workers;
Amendment 4 #
Citation 2 — having regard to the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, particularly to Articles 3, 15, 20, 21, 23, 25, 26 and
Amendment 40 #
Citation 20 a (new) - having regard to its resolutions of 17 June 1988 on sign languages for deaf people (OJ C 187, 18.7.1988, p. 236), of 18 November 1998 on sign languages (OJ C 379, 7.12.1998, p. 66) and of 23 November 2016 on sign language and professional sign language interpreters (OJ C 224, 27.6.2018, p. 68),
Amendment 400 #
Paragraph 10 b (new) 10 b. Calls on the European Commission to ensure that the European Disability Rights Agenda 2020-2030 includes the end of violence against persons with disabilities as one of its main objectives, paying particular attention to gender-based violence, including forced sterilisation, forced institutionalisation, forced treatment and violence;
Amendment 401 #
Paragraph 10 b (new) 10 b. Calls on the Commission to ensure the mutual recognition of the right to Personal Assistance for disabled people granted by a Member State, when enjoying their right of free movement in the Union; stresses that the right to Personal Assistance should be enforceable throughout the whole Union.
Amendment 402 #
Paragraph 10 b (new) 10 b. Urges the Commission and the Member States to make the EU a leader in promoting the rights of persons with disabilities, including marginalised groups with disabilities, such as women and girls with disabilities, through its external action;
Amendment 403 #
Paragraph 10 b (new) 10 b. Urges the Commission and the Member States to make the EU a leader in promoting the rights of persons with disabilities, including marginalised groups with disabilities, such as women and girls with disabilities, through its external action;
Amendment 404 #
Paragraph 10 b (new) 10 b. Urges the Commission and the Member States to make the EU a leader in promoting the rights of persons with disabilities, including marginalised groups with disabilities, such as women and girls with disabilities, through its external action;
Amendment 405 #
Paragraph 10 c (new) 10 c. Calls on the Commission to include a section on the European Union institutions as public administrations to ensure that they comply with the UN CRPD in all respects, which includes making available the necessary resources, focal points, coordination mechanisms, internal policies, accessible infrastructure such as buildings, communications (including in sign language and Braille), websites and ICT applications, as well as permanent mechanisms to consult actively and effectively with representative organisations of persons with disabilities, positive actions and anti-discrimination safeguards that are necessary for the successful implementation of the European Disability Rights Agenda and of the CRPD both in the EU at large as well as within the EU institutions and agencies;
Amendment 406 #
Paragraph 10 c (new) 10 c. Insists that gender-disaggregated data must be collected in order to identify the forms of intersectional multiple discrimination that are faced by women and girls with disabilities, in all areas covered by the Istanbul Convention and wherever relevant
Amendment 407 #
Paragraph 10 c (new) 10 c. Stresses the need for concrete measures within the post-2020 Strategy for an inclusive labour market; stresses in this regard the importance of new technologies and new ways of working.
Amendment 408 #
Paragraph 10 d (new) 10 d. Stresses with concern that women and girls with disabilities are more likely to become victims of gender-based violence,especially domestic violence and sexual exploitation; Calls on the EU to implement urgently the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (Istanbul Convention)
Amendment 409 #
Paragraph 10 d (new) 10 d. Calls on the Commission to provide targeted support from the European Social Fund in the social economy in order to improve the employability for disabled people in this sector.
Amendment 41 #
Citation 20 a (new) - having regard to the study of the European Parliament Policy Department C of 2016 on European Structural and Investment Funds and people with disabilities in the European Union,
Amendment 410 #
Paragraph 10 d (new) 10 d. Calls on all Member States to develop their own national disability strategies for promoting disability equality mainstreaming and address the implementation of the UN CRPD
Amendment 411 #
Paragraph 10 e (new) 10 e. Urges the Commission to come forward with a consolidated proposal within the post-2020 European Disability Strategy and to adopt effective measures to prevent violence against women and children with disabilities which target families, communities, professionals and institutions; highlights the important role that educational institutions such as schools play in promoting social inclusion, and points to the need for a gender-mainstreamed educational policy to be adopted across the Member States;
Amendment 412 #
Paragraph 10 f (new) 10 f. Considers that women and girls with disabilities must have full access to medical care that meets their particular needs, including gynaecological consultation, medical examinations, family planning, and adapted support during pregnancy; urges the EU taking into account these services in the implementation of the strategy post-2020;
Amendment 413 #
Paragraph 10 g (new) 10 g. Regrets that the current European policies on the rights of the child do not sufficiently include a comprehensive rights-based strategy for boys and girls with disabilities and safeguards to protect their rights, and that the disability strategies do not sufficiently address and mainstream the rights of boys and girls with disabilities;
Amendment 414 #
Paragraph 10 h (new) 10 h. Calls on the Member States to ensure access for persons with disabilities to health services that are gender- sensitive, including health-related rehabilitation and, when applicable, long- term care
Amendment 415 #
Paragraph 10 i (new) 10 i. Is of the opinion that the European Funds must adhere to the CRPD and Structural Funds should continue to foster deinstitutionalisation, finance support services to realise the right to live independently in the community, and that the ex ante conditionalities must be concrete and quality-assessed; Calls on the EU to ensure all funding programmes are accessible and include a separate budget for accessibility; Furthermore, the commission shall make sure all funds are actively invested in research to develop better and more affordable assistive technology for persons with disabilities and towards increasing the participation of persons with disabilities in all EU funded programmes;
Amendment 416 #
Paragraph 10 j (new) 10 j. Is concerned that the public procurement ex-ante conditionality to buy accessibly before signing a public contract is not sufficiently implemented at national level; recommends to this effect to set up a portal, similarly to the green public procurement, with all accessibility guidelines;
Amendment 417 #
Paragraph 10 k (new) 10 k. Recalls that the implementation of all accessibility related obligations require sufficient funding on EU, national and local level; calls on the Commission and the Member States to boost public investment in order to ensure accessibility for people with disabilities to both the physical and digital environment
Amendment 418 #
Paragraph 10 l (new) 10 l. Calls on the Commission to include a pre-condition on EU funded project proposals to respect accessibility following a universal design approach when developing post „Horizon2020” framework for Research and Development
Amendment 419 #
Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 m (new) 10 m. Calls for the EU institutions and Member States to ensure that the Erasmus + and other Youth programmes are fully accessible to persons with disabilities through individualised reasonable accommodation and that information on their accessibility rights is made available to people with disabilities to encourage their participation; recommends to this end to maximise existing tools, as for example provided in the MappED! inclusive mobility project;
Amendment 42 #
Citation 20 a (new) - having regard to the exploratory opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee requested by the European Parliament on the situation of disabled women,
Amendment 420 #
Paragraph 10 n (new) 10 n. Calls on the EU to implement an EU-Wide European disability card; include all countries in a future long-term initiative with a view to having the same scope as the European disability parking card and to include access services allowing participation in social and cultural life;
Amendment 421 #
Paragraph 11 11. Calls on the European Commission and the Council, as well as all Member States to ratify the Optional Protocol of the UNCRPD;
Amendment 422 #
Paragraph 11 11. Calls on the European Commission and the Council, as well as all Member States to ratify the Optional Protocol of the UNCRPD;
Amendment 423 #
Paragraph 11 11. Calls on the Commission and the Council as well as all Member States to ratify the Optional Protocol of the UNCRPD;
Amendment 424 #
Paragraph 11 11. Calls on the European Commission and all Member States to ratify the Optional Protocol of the UNCRPD;
Amendment 425 #
Paragraph 11 11. Calls on the European Union and all Member States to ratify the Optional Protocol of the UNCRPD;
Amendment 426 #
Paragraph 11 a (new) 11 a. Calls on the Commission to ensure all projects and infrastructure supported by EU funds in third countries are accessible for the inclusion of persons with disabilities and that EU funds invest in the implementation and monitoring of the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and capacity building of organisations of persons with disabilities;
Amendment 427 #
Paragraph 11 a (new) 11 a. Calls on Member States to report on the follow up of the national recommendations made by the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, after the evaluation of the implementation of the UNCRPD in each country;
Amendment 428 #
Paragraph 11 a (new) 11 a. Calls on Member States to reform the medical disabilty measurement model, refocusing on the needs for support; calls on the Commission to put forward a proposal for a European certificate for persons with disabilities;
Amendment 429 #
Paragraph 11 a (new) 11 a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote the term 'disabled people' rather than persons with disabilities and replace it in official documents and websites;
Amendment 43 #
Citation 21 a (new) - having regard to the study of the European Parliament Policy Department C of 2016 on European Structural and Investment Funds and people with disabilities in the European Union,
Amendment 430 #
Paragraph 11 a (new) 11 a. Calls on Member States to develop national strategies taking into account best practices from other Member States to ensure correct implementation of the UNCRPD;
Amendment 431 #
Paragraph 11 a (new) Amendment 432 #
Paragraph 11 a (new) 11 a. Calls on all Member States to report on the implementation of the european disability strategy;
Amendment 433 #
Paragraph 11 b (new) 11 b. Stresses the right to live independently and be included in the community as integral to the realisation of many of the other rights enshrined in the CRPD, these include equality and non-discrimination, autonomy and liberty, legal capacity and freedom of movement;
Amendment 434 #
Paragraph 12 12.
Amendment 435 #
Paragraph 12 12. Calls on the
Amendment 436 #
Paragraph 12 a (new) 12 a. Calls on the Commission to include a section on European Union institutions as public administrations to ensure that they comply with the UN CRPD in all respects, which includes making available the necessary resources, focal points, coordination mechanisms, internal policies, accessible infrastructure such as buildings, communications (including in sign language and Braille), websites and ICT applications, as well as permanent mechanisms to consult actively and effectively with representative organisations of persons with disabilities, positive actions and anti-discrimination safeguards that are necessary for the successful implementation of the European Disability Rights Agenda and of the CRPD both in the EU at large as well as within the EU institutions and agencies;
Amendment 437 #
Paragraph 12 a (new) 12 a. Calls on the Commission to include a section on European Union institutions as public administrations to ensure that they comply with the UN CRPD in all respects, which includes making available the necessary resources, focal points, coordination mechanisms, internal policies, accessible infrastructure such as buildings, communications (including in sign language and Braille), websites and ICT applications, as well as permanent mechanisms to consult actively and effectively with representative organisations of persons with disabilities, positive actions and anti-discrimination safeguards that are necessary for the successful implementation of the Strategy and of the CRPD both in the EU at large as well as within the EU institutions and agencies;
Amendment 438 #
Paragraph 12 a (new) 12 a. Calls on the Commission to promote structural involvement of persons with disabilities and their representative organisations in all decision-making phases, both nationally and at EU level, and to fund capacity building of organisations of persons with disabilities to enable them to participate in a structural way in all decisions that concern persons with disabilities;
Amendment 439 #
Paragraph 12 a (new) 12 a. Calls on the Commission to invest seriously in disability rights in third countries in its external action, especially concerning development and humanitarian aid, ensuring that all projects and infrastructure supported by EU funds are accessible for and inclusive of persons with disabilities, including women and girls with disabilities
Amendment 44 #
Draft motion for a resolution Citation 21 a (new) - having regard to the study of the European Parliament Policy Department C of 2016 on European Structural and Investment Funds and people with disabilities in the European Union,
Amendment 440 #
Paragraph 12 a (new) 12 a. Calls on the Commission to ensure that the European Disability Agenda 2020-2030 includes the need to end all violence against persons with disabilities, in particular gender based violence as women and girls with disabilities are disproportionately more likely to experience physical, sexual, psychological and economic violence than men;
Amendment 441 #
Paragraph 12 a (new) 12 a. Urges the Commission and the Member States to make the EU a leader in promoting the rights of persons with disabilities, including marginalised groups with disabilities, such as women and girls with disabilities, through its external action;
Amendment 442 #
Paragraph 12 a (new) 12 a. Calls on the European Commission to ensure that the post 2020 Disability Strategy includes a gender- based and intersectional approach to combat the multiple forms of discrimination faced by persons with disabilities;
Amendment 443 #
Paragraph 12 a (new) Amendment 444 #
Paragraph 12 a (new) 12 a. Calls on the European Commission to ensure that the post 2020 Disability Strategy includes a gender- based and intersectional approach to combat the multiple forms of discrimination faced by persons with disabilities;
Amendment 445 #
Paragraph 12 a (new) 12 a. Calls on all Member States to develop their own national disability strategies for promoting disability equality mainstreaming and address the implementation of the UN CRPD;
Amendment 446 #
Paragraph 12 a (new) 12 a. Calls on the Member States to grant voting rights to every disabled person regardless of intelligence impairments or their ability capacity and facilitate them in the voting process;
Amendment 447 #
Paragraph 12 a (new) 12 a. Calls on all Member States to develop their own national disability strategies for promoting disability equality mainstreaming and address the implementation of the UN CRPD;
Amendment 448 #
Paragraph 12 a (new) 12 a. Calls on all Member States to develop their own national disability strategies for promoting disability equality mainstreaming and address the implementation of the UN CRPD;
Amendment 45 #
Citation 21 a (new) - having regard to the study of the European Parliament Policy Department C of 2016 on the European Structural and Investment Funds and people with disabilities in the European Union,
Amendment 46 #
Citation 21 a (new) - having regard to the study of the European Parliament Policy Department C of 2016 on European Structural and Investement Funds and people with disabilities in the European Union,
Amendment 47 #
Citation 21 a (new) - having regard to the study of the European Parliament Policy Department C of 2016 on European Structural and Investent Funds and people with disabilities in the European Union,
Amendment 48 #
Citation 22 — having regard to the Annual Report 2018 of the European Ombudsman
Amendment 49 #
Citation 22 a (new) - having regard to the European Ombudsman’s strategic inquiries into how the European Commission ensures that persons with disabilities can access its websites (OI/6/2017/EA), how the European Commission treats persons with disabilities under the Joint Sickness Insurance Scheme for EU staff(OI/4/2016/EA), and the Decision in the joint inquiry in cases 1337/2017/EA and1338/2017/EA on the accessibility for visually impaired candidates of selection procedures to recruit EU civil servants, organised by the European Personnel Selection Office,
Amendment 5 #
Citation 2 — having regard to the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, particularly to Articles 3, 15, 20, 21, 23, 25, 26 and
Amendment 50 #
Citation 22 a (new) - having regard to the European Pillar of Social Rights, especially principle 17 on the inclusion of persons with disabilities, which serves as a vehicle of UN CRPD implementation,
Amendment 51 #
Citation 23 a (new) - having regard to the exploratory opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee requested by the European Parliament on the situation of women with disabilities,
Amendment 52 #
Citation 23 a (new) - having regard to the exploratory opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee requested by the European Parliament on the situation of women with disabilities,
Amendment 53 #
Citation 23 a (new) - having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the situation of women with disabilities,
Amendment 54 #
Citation 26 a (new) - having regard to the exploratory opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee requested by the European Parliament on the situation of women with disabilities,
Amendment 55 #
Citation 26 a (new) - having regard to the Eurostat disability statistics on labour market access, access to education and training, and poverty and income inequalities,
Amendment 56 #
Citation 26 a (new) - having regard to the reports and recommendations of representative organisations of persons with disabilities,
Amendment 57 #
Citation 26 b (new) - having regard to the European Ombudsman’s strategic inquiries into how the European Commission ensures that persons with disabilities can access its websites (OI/6/2017/EA), how the European Commission treats persons with disabilities under the Joint Sickness Insurance Scheme for EU staff(OI/4/2016/EA), and the Decision in the joint inquiry in cases 1337/2017/EA and1338/2017/EA on the accessibility for visually impaired candidates of selection procedures to recruit EU civil servants, organised by the European Personnel Selection Office,
Amendment 58 #
Citation 28 a (new) - having regard to the European Ombudsman’s strategic inquiries into how the European Commission ensures that persons with disabilities can access its websites (OI/6/2017/EA), how the European Commission treats persons with disabilities under the Joint Sickness Insurance Scheme for EU staff (OI/4/2016/EA), and the Decision in the joint inquiry in cases 1337/2017/EA and1338/2017/EA on the accessibility for visually impaired candidates of selection procedures to recruit EU civil servants, organised by the European Personnel Selection Office,
Amendment 59 #
Citation 28 a (new) - having regard to the Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 laying down common provision on the European Structural and Investments Funds, particularly to articles 4, 6 and 7 12
Amendment 6 #
Citation 2 — having regard to the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, particularly to Articles 3, 15, 20, 21, 23, 25, 26 and
Amendment 60 #
Draft motion for a resolution Citation 28 a (new) - having regard to the Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 laying down common provisions on the European structural and investment funds, particularly to articles 4, 6 and 7 1a _________________ 1aOJ L 347/320 20.12.2013 https://eur- lex.europa.eu/legal- content/en/TXT/?uri=celex%3A32013R13 03
Amendment 61 #
Citation 28 a (new) - - having regard to the Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 of the European Parliament and of Council of 17 December 2013 laying down common provisions on the European structural and investment funds, particularly to articles 4, 6 and 712a _________________ 12aOJL347/320 20.12 2013 p.320-469 https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal- content/en/TXT/?uri=celex%3A32013R13 03
Amendment 62 #
Citation 28 a (new) - having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 laying down common provisions on the European structural and investment funds, particularly to articles 4,6 and 7,
Amendment 63 #
Citation 28 a (new) - having regard to the exploratory opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee requested by the European Parliament on the situation of women with disabilities,
Amendment 64 #
Citation 28 a (new) - having regard to the July 2018 exploratory opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on "The situation of women with disabilities",
Amendment 65 #
Citation 28 b (new) - having regard to the European Ombudsman’s strategic inquiries into how the European Commission ensures that persons with disabilities can access its websites (OI/6/2017/EA), how the European Commission treats persons with disabilities under the Joint Sickness Insurance Scheme for EU staff (OI/4/2016/EA) and the Decision in the joint inquiry in cases 1337/2017/EA and 1338/2017/EA on the accessibility for visually impaired candidates of selection procedures to recruit EU civil servants, organised by the European Personnel Selection Office,
Amendment 66 #
Citation 28 b (new) - having regard to the Regulation (EU) No 1301/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 on the European Regional Development Fund and on specific provisions concerning the Investment for growth and jobs goal and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1080/2006, particularly to article 5 (9a)13a _________________ 13a OJ L 347/ 20.12.2013, p. 289–302 https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal- content/en/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A32013 R1301
Amendment 67 #
Citation 28 c (new) - having regard to the Regulation(EU) No 1304/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December2013 on the European Social Fund and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1081/2006, particularly to articles 2(3) and 814a _________________ 14a OJ L 347/ 20.12.2013, p. 470-486 https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal- content/en/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A32013 R1304
Amendment 68 #
Citation 28 d (new) - having regard to the Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development(EAFRD) and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1698/200515a _________________ 15aOJ L 347/ 20.12.2013, p. 487-548, https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal- content/en/ALL/?uri=CELEX%3A32013 R1305
Amendment 69 #
Recital -A (new) -A. whereas the persons with disabilities are still deprived of their basic human rights;
Amendment 7 #
Citation 2 — having regard to the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, particularly to Articles 3, 15, 21, 23, 25, 26 and
Amendment 70 #
Recital A A. whereas, as full citizens, all persons with disabilities have equal rights in all fields of life and are entitled to inalienable dignity, equal treatment, independent living, autonomy and full participation in society, whereas more than half of the Member States are depriving people suffering from mental health problems or with an intellectual disability of their right to vote;
Amendment 71 #
Recital A A. whereas, as full citizens, all persons with disabilities have equal rights in all fields of life (including access to open labour market and education) and are entitled to inalienable dignity, equal treatment, independent living, autonomy and full participation in society, respecting and valuating their input to social and economic progress of Europe;
Amendment 72 #
Recital A A. whereas, as full citizens, all persons with disabilities have equal rights in all fields of life and are entitled to inalienable dignity, equal treatment, education, employment, independent living, autonomy and full participation in society;
Amendment 73 #
Recital A A. whereas, as full citizens, all persons with disabilities have equal rights in all fields of life and are entitled to inalienable dignity, equal treatment, independent living, access to education, autonomy and full participation in society;
Amendment 74 #
Recital A A. whereas, as full citizens, all
Amendment 75 #
Recital A a (new) A a. whereas the EU Disability Strategy 2010-2020 failed to include and address the specific situation of women and girls with disabilities, who constitute an important group of women facing discrimination and other violations of their rights;
Amendment 76 #
Recital A a (new) A a. whereas there are an estimated 80 million persons with disabilities in the European Union, of which 46 million are women;
Amendment 77 #
Recital A b (new) A b. whereas Articles 21 and 26 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union prohibit discrimination on the grounds of disability and provide for equal participation of persons with disabilities in society;
Amendment 78 #
Recital B a (new) B a. whereas Articles 21 and 26 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union explicitly prohibit discrimination on the grounds of disability and provide for equal participation of persons with disabilities in society;
Amendment 79 #
Recital C C. whereas the UNCRPD is
Amendment 8 #
Citation 2 a (new) - having regard to the European Pillar of Social Rights, particularly to principle 17 on inclusion of people with disabilities, principle 3 on equal opportunities and principle 10 on healthy, safe and well-adapted work environment and data protection;
Amendment 80 #
Recital C a (new) C a. whereas children with disabilities have the right to live in (their) families or(a) family environment in line with their best interests; whereas family members often have to reduce or stop professional activities in order to care for family members with a disability;
Amendment 81 #
Recital C b (new) C b. whereas the EU, as a party to the CRPD, has the duty to ensure the close involvement and active participation of persons with disabilities and their representative organisations in the development and implementation of legislation and policies to implement the Convention and in all decision-making processes concerning issues that relate to persons with disabilities;
Amendment 82 #
Recital D a (new) D a. wheareas children with disabilities should have full enjoyment of all human rights and fundamental freedoms on an equal basis with other children, and recalling obligations to that end undertaken by States parties to the Convention on the Rights of the Child;
Amendment 83 #
Recital D b (new) D b. wheares the feasibility study for a Child Guarantee points out that the main barriers identified for children with disabilities are problems of physical access, the non-adaptation of services and facilities to children’s needs and simply their non-availability in many cases; whereas discrimination was also cited by many in respect of education and problems of affordability in respect of housing;
Amendment 84 #
Recital E a (new) E a. whereas the jurisprudence of the Court of Justice of the European Union consider that a policy can be indirectly discriminatory not only when the provision in question does in practice affect in a negative way a substantially higher proportion of people with disabilities, on the contrary, in the case of some intrinsically suspicious provision it is sufficient that the provision is liable to have such a negative effect;
Amendment 85 #
Recital E a (new) E a. whereas people with disabilities have the right to live independently and to be included in the community as set out in Article19 of the UNCRPD;
Amendment 86 #
Recital E a (new) E a. whereas more than 60% of people with disabilities are women, and the strong majority of caregivers for people with disabilities are women;
Amendment 87 #
Recital F F. whereas Article 1 of the UN CRPD states that “persons with disabilities include those who have long-term physical, mental, intellectual or sensory impairments which in interaction with various barriers may hinder their full and effective participation in society on an equal basis with others”; whereas Article 9 of the UNCRPD is of particular importance in that regard;
Amendment 88 #
Recital F a (new) Amendment 89 #
Recital F a (new) F a. whereas, despite article 19 of the UN CRPD states that “States Parties to the present Convention recognize the equal right of all persons with disabilities to live in the community, with choices equal to others, and shall take effective and appropriate measures to facilitate full enjoyment by persons with disabilities of this right and their full inclusion and participation in the community (..)”, there are still 800 000 persons with disabilities who are denied from their right to vote in the EU;
Amendment 9 #
Citation 3 a (new) - having regard to the General Comments of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, as the authoritative guidance on the implementation of the UNCRPD,
Amendment 90 #
Recital F a (new) F a. whereas article 19 of the UN CRPD states that “States Parties to the present Convention recognize the equal right of all persons with disabilities to live in the community, with choices equal to others, and shall take effective and appropriate measures to facilitate full enjoyment by persons with disabilities of this right and their full inclusion and participation in the community (..)”;
Amendment 91 #
Recital F a (new) F a. whereas the EU Disability Strategy 2010-2020 failed to include and address the specific situation of women and girls with disabilities, who constitute an important group facing multiple and intersectional discrimination based on both their gender and their disability;
Amendment 92 #
Draft motion for a resolution Recital F a (new) F a. whereas due to population ageing more and more people will experience disabilities and will require more accessible and supportive environment as well as adjusted services;
Amendment 93 #
Recital F b (new) F b. whereas article 19 of the UN CRPD states that "States Parties to the present Convention recognize the equal right of all persons with disabilities to live in the community, with choices equal to others, and shall take effective and appropriate measures to facilitate full enjoyment by persons with disabilities of this right and their full inclusion and participation in the community";
Amendment 94 #
Recital F b (new) F b. whereas deafblind people suffer from unique dual disabilities, combining two sensory deficiencies, visual and hearing, which restricts their full participation causing specific problems such as access to communication, information, mobility and social interactions;
Amendment 95 #
Recital F b (new) F b. whereas the case law of the Court of Justice reinforces the fact that the CRPD is binding on the EU and on its Member States when implementing EU law, as it is an instrument of secondary law2a _________________ 2aCJEU, Joined Cases C-335/11 and C- 337/11 HK Danmark, 11 April 2013,paragraphs 29-30; CJEU, Case C- 363/12Z, 18 March 2014, paragraph 73; CJEU, Case C-356/12 Glatzel, 22 May 2014,paragraph 68.
Amendment 96 #
Draft motion for a resolution Recital F c (new) F c. whereas the EU Disability Strategy 2010-2020 failed to include and address the specific situation of disabled women and girls that face discrimination and other violations because of both their gender and identity;
Amendment 97 #
Recital F c (new) F c. whereas there are an estimated 80 million persons with disabilities in the European Union, of which 46 million are women
Amendment 98 #
Recital F d (new) F d. whereas multiple discrimination of different forms and shapes on grounds of gender and disability persists and its effects are social (such as lower self- esteem, economic dependency and social isolation), educational (such as high illiteracy rates and lower educational attainment, especially for women) and labour market exclusion (lower participation in the labour market; segregate in low-paid, temporary or precarious jobs), causing further stress and psychological burden for persons with disabilities and their families and carers;
Amendment 99 #
Recital F e (new) F e. whereas benefits related to disability should be regarded as state support aimed at helping people to remove barriers coming from their disability and/or medical condition in order to participate fully in the society in addition to income replacement when it is needed;
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