2020/2209(INI) | [ParlTrack]

Draft opinion
Recital A (new)

A. whereas the EU and the Member States should adopt all appropriate legislative, administrative and other measures for the implementation of the rights recognized in the CRPD, including legislation to modify or abolish existing laws, regulations, customs and practices that constitute discrimination against persons with disabilities; whereas the EU and the Member States should take into account the protection and promotion of the fundamental rights of persons with disabilities in all policies and programs;

Amendment 10 #

1a. Strongly regrets that persons with disabilities are too often denied access to justice; stresses the important role NGOs play in facilitating their access to justice when persons with disabilities experience fundamental rights violations and believes that, in exceptional circumstances, NGOs should be allowed to lodge applications with the Court on behalf of victims, even in the absence of specific authorisation;

Amendment 11 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Stresses that regular awareness trainings for justice and law enforcement representatives on crisis intervention / management and conflict de-escalation when interacting with persons with specific disabilities need to be increased;

Amendment 12 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Stresses that imprisonment of persons whose disability is incompatible with detention must be prevented and that alternatives to prison sentences should be provided; calls on the Member States to ensure that the fundamental principles of equality of treatment, non-discrimination, reasonable accommodation and accessibility are respected for detainees with disabilities;

Amendment 13 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Calls for policies to ~~promote~~ensure access to information and communications for persons with disabilities and to promote public services, including digital public services, that are accessible for persons with disabilities; recalls that information should be accessible, in particular by using simple and understandable language and illustrations for persons with learning impairments1 ; _________________ 1 Petition No 1305/2015.

Amendment 14 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Calls for policies to promote digital public services that are accessible for persons with disabilities in line with the rapid advances in information technologies; recalls that information should be accessible, in particular by using simple and understandable language and illustrations for persons with learning impairments1; _________________ 1 Petition No 1305/2015.

Amendment 15 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Points out that the COVID-19 pandemic has shown that the entire population should be able to benefit from digital transformation, without any discrimination or exclusion; emphasizes the importance of ICTs (Information and Communication Technologies) for mobility, communication and access to public services; therefore, calls on the Member States to actively promote the participation of persons with disabilities by providing the appropriate means ensuring their access to online public services;

Amendment 16 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2b. Underlines the necessity for adequately funding the equipment that persons with disabilities need, to ensure that they can use the best available technology and equipment for their everyday life, for their employment and social participation;

Amendment 17 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. THighlights that reasonable accommodation, accessibility and universal design, is crucial to combat discrimination against persons with disabilities; takes the view that universal, effective and non- discriminatory access involves the identification and removal of obstacles and barriers that hamper the access of persons with disabilities to the goods, services and facilities available to the general public; stresses that universal, effective, and non-discriminatory access for persons with disabilities should be ~~provided under the same terms and conditions as for persons without disabilities wherever possible~~guaranteed, and that the use of assistive devices by persons with disabilities should be facilitated, including aids to mobility and access, such as recognised guide dogs and other assistance dogs where necessary2 ; recalls that accessibility standards should be adopted in consultation with persons with disabilities and their representing organisations, since their expertise is essential to the identification of accessibility barriers; _________________ 2Petition Nos 1140/2015, 0857/2016, 0535/2017 and 1140/2015, and 0988/2020.

Amendment 18 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Underlines that people with disabilities, in particular women with disabilities, continue to face multiple and intersectional discrimination based on their disability and their gender, race, ethnicity, age, religion or belief, sexual orientation, migration status or socioeconomic background; calls on the Commission and the Member States to take into account the diversity and heterogeneity of persons with disabilities when designing and implementing policies and measures;

Amendment 19 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Calls on the EU institutions to ensure the highest accessibility standards in the infrastructure, services and in digital terms as well as to make all the efforts to disseminate their documents related to the legislative procedure in a user-friendly and accessible way and to ensure that the persons with disabilities can properly and fully access their websites as well as the contact forms;

Amendment 2 #

Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas it’s indispensable for the EU Institutions’ websites to set up the necessary technical specifications in order to be accessible to persons with disabilities, so that they can receive correct and direct information on all issues that concern them, with the aim of increasing the accessibility of documents, videos and websites and promoting alternative means of communication;

Amendment 20 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Regrets that while exercising the right of free movement for work, studies, or other reasons, persons with disabilities may experience difficulties due to a lack of a mutual recognition of disability status between Member States; therefore, calls on the Member States to ensure mutual recognition and to set up harmonised rules for disability assessments;2a _________________ 2a Petition no 1262-19

Amendment 21 #

Draft opinion
Subheading 2 a (new)

Calls on the Commission for the exemption of persons with disabilities and their families and helpers from the payment of tolls across Europe, to support their movement especially when multiple routes are needed to cover their medical and wellbeing transportation;

Amendment 22 #

Jana TOOM, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Hilde VAUTMANS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Stresses the fact that new technologies need to be accessible for people with disabilities to take full advantage of their benefits of in order to feel empowered and lead an independent and fulfilling life;

Amendment 23 #

Jana TOOM, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Hilde VAUTMANS, Olivier CHASTEL

Draft opinion
Subheading 2 a (new)

Combating discrimination

Amendment 24 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Urges the Member States to ensure that people with disabilities are engaged in the policy-making process without any constraints; notes that the CRPD requires full political participation, which means that persons with disabilities must be able to participate in elections and decision- making processes on an equal basis with others; calls on the Commission to ensure that Member States provide facilitated naturalisation or specific exemptions from naturalisation exams for persons with disabilities to guarantee their access to citizenship;

Amendment 25 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3b. Encourages the Member States to develop programmes which aim at the inclusion of persons with disabilities in the society through sport, arts, culture and leisure activities;

Amendment 26 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3b. Highlights that full and effective participation of persons with disabilities in all areas of life and society is crucial for the enjoyment of their fundamental rights;

Amendment 27 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3b. Stresses that digital accessibility and appropriate policies and programmes will bring education and employment opportunities for persons with disabilities;

Amendment 28 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)

3c. Underlines the need to extend the benefits of the EU disability card so that mutually recognized health access benefits are also included;

Amendment 29 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)

3c. Recalls that a good structure of public services, especially in health and education, is essential to ensure an equal treatment of persons with disabilities, regardless of their economic condition, and calls the Member States to use the EU funds to improve these services and related infrastructures, according to the spirit of REACT and NGEU;

Amendment 3 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 (new)

-1. Calls for the effective implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, in particular with regard to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, in key areas of life for persons with disabilities; recalls that this implementation should be accompanied by proper national integration strategies;

Amendment 30 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 d (new)

3d. Considers that the EU horizontal anti-discrimination directive3a is a primordial legislative act for a correct implementation of CRPD policies and urges the Council to unblock the negotiations; _________________ 3a COM/2008/0426 final

Amendment 31 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 e (new)

3e. Recalls that in order to develop appropriate and effective policies to ensure an accessible society for all persons with disabilities in the EU, there is a need for comparable and reliable EU data; therefore, calls on the Commission and the Member States to intensify their efforts to collect reliable statistics and data on the participation of persons with disabilities in the various levels and types of education, labour and participation in social life;

Amendment 32 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 f (new)

3f. Is concerned about the high unemployment rates of persons with disabilities, especially among women with disabilities compared to other groups in the European Union; calls on the Member States to promote and ensure a legislative and policy framework for the participation of persons with disabilities and especially women with disabilities in the labour market, including those with hidden disabilities, chronic illnesses or learning disabilities;

Amendment 33 #

Jana TOOM, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Hilde VAUTMANS, Olivier CHASTEL

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Considers that good education for persons with disabilities must be prioritised; encourages the Member States to promote high-quality education and lifelong learning; stresses the need to increase the participation of young people with disabilities in training taking into account their needs, which would provide them better access to the labour market; notes the benefits for children from linguistic minorities with special educational needs to learn in their mother tongue during early years’ education in cases where it is difficult for them to use language and communicate; calls on the Member States to ensure access to minority language education for children with special educational needs.

Amendment 34 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Considers that ~~good~~inclusive and accessible education for persons with disabilities must be prioritised; recalls that persons with disabilities have the right to participate in all educational levels and forms including early childhood education and on an equal basis with others; encourages the Member States to promote high-quality education and lifelong learning.

Amendment 35 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Considers that ~~good education for persons with disabilities must be prioritised; encourages the Member States~~Member States must prioritise equal high-quality education for persons with disabilities; calls on the Member States to further increase their education systems' capacity to pro~~mot~~vide high-quality accessible education and lifelong learning. for all learners;

Amendment 36 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. ~~Considers that good~~Recalls that education is a fundamental human right; stresses that access to inclusive, equal and free education for persons with disabilities must be prioritised; encourages the Member States to promote high-quality and accessible education and lifelong learning.;

Amendment 37 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Considers that good education for persons with disabilities must be prioritised; encourages the Member States to promote high-quality education and lifelong learning.4a _________________ 4a Petitions No 2582/2013, 0371/2018

Amendment 38 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Considers that good education for persons with disabilities must be prioritised; encourages the Member States to promote high-quality, inclusive education and lifelong learning.

Amendment 39 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Underlines that, according to the CRPD, the EU should mainstream a disability perspective in all its gender policies, programmes and strategies; endorses the CRPD recommendations and urges the Commission and the Member States to step up efforts in this direction; recalls that persons with disabilities often have their views disregarded in favour of other people speaking or making decisions on their behalf and further urges the Commission and the Member States to involve the persons with disabilities in all their diversity and of all backgrounds in EU decision-making;

Amendment 4 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 a (new)

-1. Calls on the Member States to mount information campaigns drawing attention to the disability-related issues;

Amendment 40 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Draws attention to the importance of the early childhood intervention and to the fact that children with disabilities must participate and be included in the society from the very early stages of their lives; points out the need to increase the funding opportunities for inclusive education, both for the promotion of inclusive education's impact on children with or without disabilities as well as for the funding of research in the area of inclusive education;

Amendment 41 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Calls on the Commission to strengthen the role of the Child Guarantee in ensuring the equal treatment of children with disabilities; to that end, encourages the Commission and the Member States to invest in training professionals regarding the needs of persons with disabilities;

Amendment 42 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Considers it necessary to encourage the use of new technologies, including information and communications technologies, mobility support devices and ancillary devices and technologies that are suitable for people with disabilities;

Amendment 43 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Stresses that education is central to individual development and that accessible leaning environments for persons with disabilities offer them the possibility to fully contribute to all aspects of the society.

Amendment 44 #

Maria GRAPINI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Calls for economic policies to be drawn up to enable people with disabilities to secure access to jobs and fair pay in line with their intellectual and physical skills.

Amendment 45 #

Maria GRAPINI

Economy

Amendment 46 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4b. Notes the Commission commitment in the EU Strategy for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2021- 2030, to pay particular attention to women with disabilities, who are two to five times more likely to face violence than other women; calls on the Commission to mainstream and take the situation of women with disabilities in all EU policy and measures, in particular, with regards to future initiatives relating to gender based violence;

Amendment 47 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4b. Strongly believes that Member States should provide adequate support to children with disabilities to enable public education to become the backbone of the individualized pedagogical itinerary;

Amendment 48 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4b. Stresses the importance of teaching staff regarding the education of children with disabilities and special needs; urges, therefore, that training, further training and specialist training in this field be made available to them;

Amendment 49 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)

4c. Calls on the Commission to pay attention to persons with disabilities living in institutions; is concerned that the COVID-19 pandemic highlighted and intensified the challenges faced by persons living in institutions; calls on the EU Member States to adopt deinstitutionalisation strategies and to ensure that their laws, policies and programmes on deinstitutionalisation are in line with the concept of independent living set out in the CRPD; calls on the Commission to use benchmarks in order to measure progress;

Amendment 50 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)

4c. Proposes the creation of projects to raise awareness of the needs of persons with disabilities, by positively using the power of cultural tools, such as through the promotion of cultural events, as a part of a broader educational strategy to promote and protect the rights of persons with disabilities;

Amendment 6 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Stresses that persons with disabilities are entitled to enjoy their fundamental rights on an equal basis; underlines that no barriers should hinder the access of persons with disabilities to legal recourse; stresses the need to ensure effective access to justice for persons with disabilities and to recognize that persons with disabilities enjoy legal capacity on an equal basis with others; calls on the Members States to ensure that all persons with disabilities who have been deprived of their legal capacity can exercise all the rights enshrined in European Union Treaties and legislation; further calls on the Member States to take appropriate measures to ~~provide~~guarantee affordable, safe and effective access to justice for persons with disabilities and to ensure their right to information and communication at all stages of the process; emphasises that facilities and services must be accessible to ensure equal access to justice; and appropriate assistance to those people who experience difficulty in exercising their legal capacity should be provided;

Amendment 7 #

Jana TOOM, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Hilde VAUTMANS, Olivier CHASTEL

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Stresses that persons with disabilities are entitled to enjoy their fundamental rights on an equal basis; calls on the Member States to take appropriate measures to provide effective access to justice for persons with disabilities; emphasises that facilities and services must be accessible to ensure equal access to justice; urges to pay special attention to women with disabilities as they are two to five times more likely to experience violence than other women1a; _________________ 1aEuropean Commission, ‘Union of Equality, Strategy for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2021-2030’ (3 March 2021), p.16, https://op.europa.eu/en/publication- detail/-/publication/3e1e2228-7c97-11eb- 9ac9-01aa75ed71a1/language-en

Amendment 8 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Stresses that persons with disabilities are entitled to enjoy their fundamental rights on an equal basis; calls on the Member States to take appropriate and timely measures to provide effective, fair and inclusive access to the justice system and the law enforcement for persons with all kinds of disabilities; emphasises that facilities and services must be accessible to ensure equal access to justice and the entire legal process without discrimination;

Amendment 9 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

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Amendment 1 #

Ryszard CZARNECKI, Kosma ZŁOTOWSKI, Andrey SLABAKOV, Angel DZHAMBAZKI, Emmanouil FRAGKOS, Cristian TERHEŞ

Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 a (new)

— having regard to the Council measure setting up the Revised EU-level Framework required by Article 33.2 of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities1a, _________________ 1a Council doc. No 6170/17

Amendment 10 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital I

I. whereas the ~~creation of the role of~~ Commissioner for Equality played an i~~nstrumental~~mportant role in establishing the new Strategy for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2021- 2030;

Amendment 100 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)

22 a. Calls on the Commission for special emphasis on a common framework for European statistics on individuals and households, making the situation and problems of persons with disabilities more comparable at European level so that policy makers can find more effective and tailored solutions to the needs of persons with disabilities.

Amendment 101 #

Jana TOOM, Frédérique RIES, Ulrike MÜLLER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 b (new)

22 b. Stresses the need to invest in innovation and research regarding employment and entrepreneurship of persons with disabilities to support their financial survival and their participation in economic and social life;

Amendment 102 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Welcomes the fact that Member States are willing to implement inclusive educational policies, but calls on them to further increase their education systems’ capacity to provide high-quality inclusive education for all learners, and calls on the Commission to strengthen the role of the Child Guarantee in ensuring the inclusion of children with disabilities; stresses the need to increase the participation of young people with disabilities in training taking into account their needs, which would provide them better access to the labour market; notes the benefits for children from linguistic minorities with special educational needs to learn in their mother tongue during early years’ education in cases where it is difficult for them to use language and communicate; calls on the Member States to ensure access to minority language education for children with special educational needs;

Amendment 103 #

Ryszard CZARNECKI, Kosma ZŁOTOWSKI, Andrey SLABAKOV, Angel DZHAMBAZKI, Emmanouil FRAGKOS, Cristian TERHEŞ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Welcomes the fact that Member States are willing to implement inclusive educational policies, but calls on them to further increase their education systems’ capacity to provide high-quality inclusive education for all learners, and calls on the Commission to strengthen the role of the Child Guarantee in ensuring the inclusion of childrenCalls on Member States to further increase their education systems’ capacity to provide high-quality accessible education for all learners, by promoting specific measures and personalized support, such as accessible and tailored curricula and learning materials, accessible information and communication technologies, as well as appropriate digital education, not only for persons with disabilities but for future teachers as well; and calls on the Commission to strengthen the role of the Child Guarantee in ensuring the equal treatment of children with disabilities; therefore, calls on the Commission and the Member States to invest in training professionals regarding the needs of persons with disabilities;

Amendment 104 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

Amendment 105 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

Amendment 106 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

Amendment 107 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)

23a. Stresses that people with disabilities must be fully integrated into the labour market through the promotion of inclusive education and flexible forms of employment that can meet their needs (such as teleworking or smart working) and through the full involvement of associations for people with disabilities in developing inclusive strategies;

Amendment 108 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)

23a. Points out that persons with disabilities often have a high level of skills and qualifications that are undervalued; notes that this prevents them from realising their potential and deprives society of the social and economic value of their inclusion;

Amendment 109 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)

23 a. Strongly believes that Member States should provide adequate support to children with disabilities to enable public education to become the backbone of the individualized pedagogical itinerary;

Amendment 11 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)

J a. Whereas the European Parliament must guarantee that the Coronavirus measures are in line with the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights, the Oviedo Convention and the UN Convention on the Rights for Persons with Disabilities.

Amendment 110 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 b (new)

23b. Recognises the value of school and sport as crucial in the growth and development of children with disabilities, especially those with autism; regrets that, during the pandemic, distance learning has deprived them of these fundamental activities; hopes that their education will be prioritised in the reopening policies in the Member States;

Amendment 111 #

Cristina MAESTRE MARTÍN DE ALMAGRO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 b (new)

23 b. Proposes the creation of projects to raise awareness of the needs of persons with disabilities, by positively using the power of cultural tools, such as through the promotion of cultural events, as a part of a broader educational strategy to promote and protect the rights of persons with disabilities;

Amendment 112 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)

24a. Calls on the Member States to comply with the guidelines issued by the European Commission in its Communication on achieving a European Education Area by 2025 in relation to the duty of governments to promote mainstreaming in all education and training sectors, in accordance with the UN commitments under the CRPD; calls for the incorporation of inclusive arrangements system in national, European and regional education policies to facilitate the educational mainstreaming of students with disabilities, in order to avoid any type of discrimination;

Amendment 12 #

Ryszard CZARNECKI, Kosma ZŁOTOWSKI, Andrey SLABAKOV, Angel DZHAMBAZKI, Emmanouil FRAGKOS

Motion for a resolution
Recital M

M. whereas the Anti-Discrimination Directive, which would provide greater protection against discrimination of all kinds through a horizontal approach, still remains blocked in the Council, and whereas this has been the case for over a decade;deleted

Amendment 13 #

Ryszard CZARNECKI, Kosma ZŁOTOWSKI, Andrey SLABAKOV, Angel DZHAMBAZKI, Emmanouil FRAGKOS, Cristian TERHEŞ

Motion for a resolution
Recital N a (new)

N a. whereas initiatives at EU level such as The Access City Award promote the adaptation of public spaces to the needs of the elderly and persons with disabilities; whereas the competition has rewarded cities that make commitments at the level of political decision-making to be inclusive for persons with disabilities and respectful of their rights, are responsive to the needs of persons with disabilities and hold a social dialogue with organisations for persons with disabilities and the elderly; whereas the adaptation of public spaces will not only help to combat social exclusion, but will also contribute to economic growth;

Amendment 14 #

Ryszard CZARNECKI, Kosma ZŁOTOWSKI, Andrey SLABAKOV, Angel DZHAMBAZKI, Emmanouil FRAGKOS, Cristian TERHEŞ

Motion for a resolution
Recital O

O. whereas several petitions illustrate the problems of and the need to improve accessibility for persons with disabilities to the built environment, to transport, as well as accessibility to information and communications technologies and systems (ICT), and other facilities and services provided to the public;

Amendment 15 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital O

O. whereas several petitions illustrate the problems of accessibility for persons with disabilities to the ~~built~~physical environment, to transport, as well as accessibility to information and communications technologies and systems (ICT), and other facilities and services provided to the public;

Amendment 16 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital O a (new)

O a. Whereas it is indispensable for the European Institutions’ websites to set up the necessary technical specifications in order to be accessible to persons with disabilities, so that persons with disabilities can receive correct and direct information on all issues that concern them as citizens, with the aim of increasing the accessibility of documents, videos and websites and promoting alternative means of communication;

Amendment 17 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital P a (new)

P a. whereas measures taken by governments in the exceptional major health crisis caused by the Covid19 pandemic should always respect the fundamental rights and freedoms of individuals and should not discriminate against citizens with disabilities;

Amendment 18 #

Ryszard CZARNECKI, Kosma ZŁOTOWSKI, Andrey SLABAKOV, Angel DZHAMBAZKI, Emmanouil FRAGKOS, Cristian TERHEŞ

Motion for a resolution
Recital Q

Q. whereas several petitions prove that the COVID-19 pandemic has aggravated the situation of persons with disabilities, including violations of persons with disabilities’ most basic human rights, such as access to healthcare treatment and protective measures against the spread of the disease as well as increased deaths and appalling conditions for persons with disabilities living in segregated institutions;

Amendment 19 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital Q

Q. whereas several petitions prove that the COVID-19 pandemic has aggravated the situation of persons with disabilities, including violations of persons with disabilities’ most basic human rights, such as access to healthcare treatment ~~and~~, to protective measures against the spread of the disease and to education;

Amendment 2 #

Ryszard CZARNECKI, Kosma ZŁOTOWSKI, Andrey SLABAKOV, Angel DZHAMBAZKI, Emmanouil FRAGKOS

Motion for a resolution
Citation 19

— having regard to the Commission proposal for a Council Directive on implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation (COM(2008)0426, ‘the Anti- Discrimination Directive’) and Parliament’s position thereon of 2 April 20096 , _________________ 6 OJ C 137 E, 27.5.2010, p. 68.deleted

Amendment 20 #

Ryszard CZARNECKI, Kosma ZŁOTOWSKI, Andrey SLABAKOV, Angel DZHAMBAZKI, Emmanouil FRAGKOS, Cristian TERHEŞ

Motion for a resolution
Recital Q a (new)

Q a. whereas due to the difficult situation during COVID-19 crisis institutions for persons with disabilities and older people, such as day centres or schools have been temporarily closed; whereas in this emergency situation the care of persons with intellectual disabilities has fallen to their family members; whereas petitioners have intervened with the Committee on Petitions regarding the institutions that have remained open, pointing to the difficult health situation, the lack of staff, the lack of protective and disinfectant products and, as a consequence, the high rates of illness and death in these institutions;

Amendment 21 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital Q a (new)

Qa. whereas employment and occupation levels for persons with disabilities are low, standing at 50.6% compared to 74.8% for those without disabilities; whereas, in addition, the pandemic and social and economic crisis have increased inequalities between persons with disabilities and those without disabilities;

Amendment 22 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital Q a (new)

Q a. whereas persons with disabilities living in institutions have been highly affected by the Covid19 pandemic due to dependence on physical contact with health carers and support staff;

Amendment 23 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital Q a (new)

Q a. whereas work in segregated institutions does not facilitate the integration of persons with disabilities in the open labour market;

Amendment 24 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital Q b (new)

Q b. whereas the confinement measures have a special negative impact on persons with disabilities;

Amendment 25 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Stresses the need to raise awareness 1. at all levels of the rights enshrined in the CRPD for persons with disabilities in order to protect their rights and dignity, and to promote fruitful cooperation and the exchange of good practices between Member States; highlights the need for commonly accepted definitions of disability, deinstitutionalization, living in the community, independent living and inclusive education;

Amendment 26 #

Ryszard CZARNECKI, Kosma ZŁOTOWSKI, Andrey SLABAKOV, Angel DZHAMBAZKI, Emmanouil FRAGKOS, Cristian TERHEŞ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Stresses the need to raise awareness at all levels of the rights enshrined in the CRPD for persons with disabilities in order to protect their rights and dignity, and to promote fruitful cooperation and the exchange of good practices between Member States and with third countries applying higher standards, such as Australia, Canada, Norway, Israel and the United Kingdom;

Amendment 27 #

Jana TOOM, Vlad GHEORGHE, Frédérique RIES, Ulrike MÜLLER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Stresses the need to raise awareness at all levels of the rights enshrined in the CRPD for persons with disabilities in order to protect their rights and dignity, and to promote fruitful cooperation and the exchange of good practices between Member States; encourages the Member States to strengthen coordination mechanisms;

Amendment 28 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1 a. Stresses that Member States should step up their efforts in providing support for persons with disabilities in the following priority areas: health, education, accessibility, employment and working conditions, independent living, coordination, living conditions, social protection and raising awareness;

Amendment 29 #

Ryszard CZARNECKI, Kosma ZŁOTOWSKI, Andrey SLABAKOV, Angel DZHAMBAZKI, Emmanouil FRAGKOS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Calls on all Member States that have not yet ratified the Optional Protocol to the CRPD to do so without further delay, and for the EU to fully ratify the Protocol; calls on the Council to take the necessary steps to ensure the accession of the Union to the Optional Protocol;deleted

Amendment 3 #

Ryszard CZARNECKI, Kosma ZŁOTOWSKI, Andrey SLABAKOV, Angel DZHAMBAZKI, Emmanouil FRAGKOS, Cristian TERHEŞ

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

A a. whereas there are approximately 87 million persons with disabilities in Europe1a; _________________ 1a https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscor ner/detail/en/speech_21_1015

Amendment 30 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Calls on all Member States that have not yet ratified the Optional Protocol to the CRPD to do so without further delay, and for the EU to fully ratify the Protocol; calls on the Council to take the necessary steps to e~~nsur~~xamine the accession of the Union to the Optional Protocol;

Amendment 31 #

Ryszard CZARNECKI, Kosma ZŁOTOWSKI, Andrey SLABAKOV, Angel DZHAMBAZKI, Emmanouil FRAGKOS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Calls on the Commission to conduct a comprehensive and cross- cutting review of EU legislation and funding programmes with a view to complying fully with the CRPD by constructively involving disability organisations and the members of the EU Framework;

Amendment 32 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Considers the Optional Protocol to be an indivisible part of the CRPD; points to the fact that the Optional Protocol provides citizens with a forum to communicate alleged violations of the provisions of the Convention by the State Party, and allows the CRPD Committee to initiate confidential inquiries where they receive information indicating a grave or systematic violation by a State Party;deleted

Amendment 33 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Considers the Optional Protocol to be an i~~ndivisible part of~~mportant addition to the CRPD; points to the fact that the Optional Protocol provides citizens with a forum to communicate alleged violations of the provisions of the Convention by the State Party, and allows the CRPD Committee to initiate confidential inquiries where they receive information indicating a grave or systematic violation by a State Party;

Amendment 34 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Takes note of the progress made by Member States in effectively implementing and monitoring the CRPD and in adapting accessibility measures to comply with the standards of the CRPD; calls on the Member States to designate responsible authorities to serve as focal points, and to establish coordinating mechanisms at all administrative levels, in accordance with Article 33 of the CRPD, for its implementation and monitoring; stresses that Member States should ensure the significant participation of persons with disabilities in these authorities;

Amendment 35 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Takes note of the progress made by Member States in effectively implementing and monitoring the CRPD and in adapting accessibility measures to comply with the standards of the CRPD; calls on the Member States to designate, without further delay, responsible authorities to serve as focal points, and to establish coordinating mechanisms at all administrative levels, in accordance with Article 33 of the CRPD, for its implementation and monitoring;

Amendment 36 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

Amendment 37 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Acknowledges the Commission’s call for all EU institutions, bodies, agencies and delegations to designate ‘disability coordinators’; reiterates its call for focal points to be established in all EU institutions and agencies, including Parliament and the Council, with the central focal point within the Commission’s General Secretariat and supported by an appropriate interinstitutional mechanism in addition to the initiative of the Equality Commissioner responsible for the special Commission Task Force on Equality for the mainstreaming of CRPD provisions, in parallel with the existing Commission Disability Unit; calls on the Commission to examine the effectiveness of parallel structures with similar responsibilities;

Amendment 38 #

Ryszard CZARNECKI, Kosma ZŁOTOWSKI, Andrey SLABAKOV, Angel DZHAMBAZKI, Emmanouil FRAGKOS, Cristian TERHEŞ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Calls on the Commission to revise the European Disability Strategy and to develop a comprehensive EU CRPD strategy with a clear timeframe, benchmarks and indicators;

Amendment 39 #

Tatjana ŽDANOKA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7 a. Recommends that the Committee on Petitions prepares an annual report on problems highlighted in petitions related to persons with disabilities and to propose its recommendations.

Amendment 4 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)

A b. whereas 37 % of the EU population aged 15 and over reported (moderate or severe) physical or sensory limitations1b; _________________ 1b https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics- explained/index.php/Functional_and_acti vity_limitations_statistics#Functional_an d_activity_limitations

Amendment 40 #

Tatjana ŽDANOKA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)

7 b. Calls on the Commission to structurally integrate the Strategy for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2021- 2030 within the European Semester process as the European Semester should be used to stimulate Member States policies and approaches, to strengthen the inclusiveness of society and to support employment and social protection of people with disabilities; calls on the Commission to provide an annual review of disability mainstreaming in the European Semester process;

Amendment 41 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Stresses the need to consult and actively involve organisations of persons with disabilities in each stage of planning, adoption, implementation and monitoring of all types of measures so that these measures do not lead to the violation of their fundamental rights; welcomes the Commission’s commitment to adequately involve organisations of persons with disabilities inat all stages of the implementation of the European Disability Strategy 2021-2030;

Amendment 42 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Stresses the need to consult and actively involve organisations of persons with disabilities in each stage of planning, adoption, implementation and monitoring of all types of measures so that these measures ~~do not lead to the viola~~ensure the promotion of their fundamental rights; welcomes the Commission’s commitment to involve organisations of persons with disabilities in the implementation of the European Disability Strategy 2021-2030;

Amendment 43 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8 a. Urges the EU institutions and Member States to introduce workplace quotas for persons with disabilities in order to foster an inclusive workplace;

Amendment 44 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9 a. Recalls that many persons with disabilities are still segregated from community life and do not have control over their daily lives, in particular those living in residential institutions as the COVID-19 pandemic highlighted and intensified the challenges faced by persons living in institutions; urges the Member States to mainstream support services in order to ensure for people with disabilities the equal right to live independently and to be included in the community;

Amendment 45 #

Ryszard CZARNECKI, Kosma ZŁOTOWSKI, Andrey SLABAKOV, Angel DZHAMBAZKI, Emmanouil FRAGKOS, Cristian TERHEŞ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)

9 b. Recalls the high number of European citizens deprived of their right to participate in elections including EP elections because of their disabilities or mental health problems; thus, calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure the real right of persons with disabilities to vote in European Parliament elections;

Amendment 46 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Welcomes the Commission’s proposal for creation of a European Disability Card to be recognised in all Member States by end of 2023, in order to scale up the pilot project on the European Disability Card and the European parking card for persons with disabilities; is of the opinion that a European Disability Card, which should be mandatory in all Member States, will be a~~n important~~ key instrument to help persons with disabilities to exercise their right to free movement in a barrier- free Europe;

Amendment 47 #

10 a. Calls on the Commission for the exemption of persons with disabilities and their families and helpers from the payment of tolls across Europe to support their movement especially when multiple routes are needed to cover their medical and wellbeing transportation;

Amendment 48 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)

10 b. Calls on the Commission to further strengthen the legislative framework for the participation of persons with disabilities in tourism; notes that 25% of the European electorate declare some degree of impairment or disability1a and that the European total gross turnover contribution of Accessible Tourism for persons with disabilities and persons with reduced mobility amounted in 2012 to about €786 billion1b; _________________ 1a https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/ etudes/BRIE/2018/608830/IPOL_BRI(20 18)608830_EN.pdf 1b https://ec.europa.eu/docsroom/documents/ 5567/attachments/1/translations/en/rendit ions/nativef

Amendment 49 #

Ryszard CZARNECKI, Kosma ZŁOTOWSKI, Andrey SLABAKOV, Angel DZHAMBAZKI, Emmanouil FRAGKOS, Cristian TERHEŞ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Warmly welcomes the adoption of stronger rail passenger rights for people with disabilities and with reduced mobility, especially the phasing out of the current exemptions for Member States and the reduction of the period of advance notice to be given by persons with disabilities or reduced mobility who require assistance; encourages the Member States to arrange, where possible, shorter pre-notification periods for persons with disabilities who require assistance with travel, in order to allow persons with disabilities and with reduced mobility to more readily exercise their free movement rights; calls for the swift implementation of the rules laid down in the recast of Regulation (EC) No 1371/200718 in all Member States; calls on the Commission to consider a proposal relating to the rights of passengers with disabilities in urban and rural transport, to bridge the gaps that still exist; _________________ 18Regulation (EC) No 1371/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2007 on rail passengers’ rights and obligations, (OJ L 315, 3.12.2007, p. 14).

Amendment 5 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas petitions on disability issues reveal the difficulties encountered by persons with disabilities and the fact that they face discrimination and obstacles in everyday life and that they do not enjoy the fundamental freedoms and rights laid down in the CRPD, such as access to public transport, accessibility of the ~~built~~physical environment, use of sign languages, financing and equal access to education and vocational training;

Amendment 50 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Warmly welcomes the adoption of stronger rail passenger rights for people with disabilities and with reduced mobility, especially the phasing out of the current exemptions for Member States and the reduction of the period of advance notice to be given by persons with disabilities or reduced mobility who require assistance; encourages the Member States to arrange, where possible, shorter pre-notification periods for persons with disabilities who require assistance with travel, in order to allow persons with disabilities and with reduced mobility to more readily exercise their free movement rights; calls for the swift implementation of the rules laid down in the recast of Regulation (EC) No 1371/200718 in all Member States; calls for the adoption of an equally effective maritime transport package; _________________ 18Regulation (EC) No 1371/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2007 on rail passengers’ rights and obligations, OJ L 315, 3.12.2007, p. 14.

Amendment 51 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Warmly welcomes the adoption of stronger rail passenger rights for people with disabilities and with reduced mobility, especially the phasing out of the current exemptions for Member States and the reduction of the period of advance notice to be given by persons with disabilities or reduced mobility who require assistance; encourages the Member States to arrange, where possible, shorter pre-notification periods for persons with disabilities who require assistance with travel, in order to allow persons with disabilities and with reduced mobility to more readily exercise their free movement rights as well as to define accessibility timeframes; calls for the swift implementation of the rules laid down in the recast of Regulation (EC) No 1371/200718 in all Member States; _________________ 18Regulation (EC) No 1371/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2007 on rail passengers’ rights and obligations, OJ L 315, 3.12.2007, p. 14.

Amendment 52 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Warmly welcomes the adoption of stronger rail passenger rights for people with disabilities and with reduced mobility, especially the phasing out of the current exemptions for Member States and the reduction of the period of advance notice to be given by persons with disabilities or reduced mobility who require assistance; ~~encourage~~calls the Member States to arrange, ~~where~~as soon as possible, shorter pre-notification periods for persons with disabilities who require assistance with travel, in order to allow persons with disabilities and with reduced mobility to more readily exercise their free movement rights; calls for the swift implementation of the rules laid down in the recast of Regulation (EC) No 1371/200718 in all Member States; _________________ 18 Regulation (EC) No 1371/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2007 on rail passengers’ rights and obligations, OJ L 315, 3.12.2007, p. 14.

Amendment 53 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Notes the Commission’s proposal for the creation of the ‘AccessibleEU’ resource centre by 2022; calls on the Commission to create an EU Agency on accessibility (‘EU Access Board’) that would be in charge of developing technical specifications on accessibility in support of specific EU policies and legislation, carrying out consultations with rights-holders and stakeholders, helping Member States and EU institutions to implement accessibility in a harmonised way for the benefit of the single market, and raising awareness of the importance of accessibility for inclusive societies;

Amendment 54 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

Amendment 55 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Notes the Commission’s proposal for the creation of the ‘AccessibleEU’ resource centre by 2022; calls on the Commission to create an EU Agency on accessibility (‘EU Access Board’) that would be in charge of developing technical specifications on accessibility in support of specific EU policies and legislation, carrying out consultations with rights- holders ~~and~~, stakeholders and NGOs, helping Member States and EU institutions to implement accessibility in a harmonised way for the benefit of the single market, and raising awareness of the importance of accessibility for ~~inclusive~~equal societies;

Amendment 56 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Notes the Commission’s proposal for the creation of the ‘AccessibleEU’ resource centre by 2022; calls on the Commission ~~to create an EU Agency on accessibility (‘EU Access Board’) that would be in charge of~~Task Force on Equality to adopt framework provisions for developing technical specifications on accessibility in support of specific EU policies and legislation, carrying out consultations with rights-holders and stakeholders, helping Member States and EU institutions to implement accessibility in a harmonised way for the benefit of the single market, and raising awareness of the importance of accessibility for inclusive societies;

Amendment 57 #

Ryszard CZARNECKI, Kosma ZŁOTOWSKI, Andrey SLABAKOV, Angel DZHAMBAZKI, Emmanouil FRAGKOS, Cristian TERHEŞ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Regrets the fact that access to the built environment and physical accessibility were not included within the scope of the European Accessibility Act; calls on the Commission to use the European Accessibility Act as a basis for adopting a robust EU framework for an accessible and inclusive environment with fully accessible public spaces, services, including public transport, communication and financial services, and the built environment; welcomes the Commission initiative of the "Access City Award";

Amendment 58 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Regrets the fact that access to the ~~built~~physical environment and physical accessibility were not included within the scope of the European Accessibility Act; calls on the Commission to use the European Accessibility Act as a basis for adopting a robust EU framework for an accessible and inclusive environment with fully accessible public spaces, services, including public transport, communication, administrative and financial services, and the ~~built~~physical environment;

Amendment 59 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Regrets the fact that access to the built environment and physical accessibility were not included within the scope of the European Accessibility Act; calls on the Commission to use the European Accessibility Act as a basis for adopting a robust EU framework for an accessible and ~~inclusive~~equal environment with fully accessible public spaces, services, including public transport, communication and financial services, and the built environment;

Amendment 6 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas the Committee on Petitions plays a ‘protection role’ to ensure EU compliance with the CRPD within the policymaking and legislative actions at EU level; whereas the European Parliament’s Petitions Committee has been identified to form the EU Framework together with the European Ombudsman, the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights, and the European Disability Forum, as adopted by the Council at its 3513th meeting held on 16 January 2017;

Amendment 60 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13a. Stresses that full accessibility must be guaranteed in all public places in Europe; regrets that the European Disability Strategy is nowadays being disregarded in many respects, and in particular that there are too many public buildings with architectural barriers, which constitute an odious form of discrimination; calls on the Commission to mainstream accessibility into all policy areas and on the Member States to fully implement existing legislation;

Amendment 61 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13 a. Regrets that in some Member States inaccessible emergency numbers meant that some persons with disabilities were unable to communicate with essential support and emergency services; urges, therefore, Member States to carefully implement Directive 2018/1972 establishing the European Electronic Communications Code;

Amendment 62 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Calls on the Member States to ensure the swift and efficient implementation at all levels of Directive 2016/2102 on the accessibility of public sector bodies’ websites and mobile applications, in order to guarantee that persons with disabilities are able to access all information they require in an accessible format; welcomes the Commission’s initiative for an action plan on web accessibility for all EU institutions, bodies and agencies with a view to ensuring the compliance of EU websites, and the documents published on these websites and online platforms, with European accessibility standards which need to be broadened; urges all EU institutions, bodies and agencies to comply with the European accessibility standards ~~as quickly as possible~~in 2022 at the latest;

Amendment 63 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Calls on the Member States to ensure the swift implementation at all levels of Directive 2016/2102 on the accessibility of public sector bodies’ websites and mobile applications, in order to guarantee that persons with disabilities are able to access all information they require in an accessible format, including national sign languages; welcomes the Commission’s initiative for an action plan on web accessibility for all EU institutions, bodies and agencies with a view to ensuring the compliance of EU websites, and the documents published on these websites and online platforms, with European accessibility standards; urges all EU institutions, bodies and agencies to comply with the European accessibility standards as quickly as possible;

Amendment 64 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Calls on the Member States to ensure the swift implementation at all levels of Directive 2016/2102 on the accessibility of public sector bodies’ websites and mobile applications, in order to guarantee that persons with disabilities are able to access all information they require in an accessible format; welcomes the Commission’s initiative for an action plan on web accessibility for all EU institutions, bodies and agencies with a view to ensuring the compliance of EU websites, and the documents published on these websites and online platforms, with European accessibility standards at least; urges all EU institutions, bodies and agencies to comply with the European accessibility standards as quickly as possible;

Amendment 65 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)

14 a. Points out that the COVID-19 pandemic has shown that the entire population should be able to benefit from digital transformation, without any discrimination or exclusion; emphasizes the importance of ICTs (Information and Communication Technologies) for mobility, communication and access to public services; therefore, calls on the Member States to actively promote the participation of persons with disabilities by providing the appropriate means ensuring their access to online public services;

Amendment 66 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)

14 a. Urges Member States to transpose into national legislation the long overdue Audiovisual Media Services Directive and, in line with Article 7 thereof, to provide accessible audiovisual media services to persons with a visual or hearing disability;

Amendment 67 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. ~~Encoura~~Urges the relevant Parliament services to continue their efforts and finalise the project on the inter-service working group on sign language in the shortest possible time frame in order to meet the requests of petition 1056/2016 to allow for the tabling of petitions in international and national sign languages used in the EU and thereby make the fundamental right to petition more accessible for sign language users;

Amendment 68 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)

15 a. Highlights the need to employ interpreters of the Sign language and Easy-to-Read language, as well as subtitles, so that Committee meetings, Plenary meetings and all other meetings of the European Parliament are accessible for persons with disabilities;

Amendment 69 #

Ryszard CZARNECKI, Kosma ZŁOTOWSKI, Andrey SLABAKOV, Angel DZHAMBAZKI, Emmanouil FRAGKOS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Notes that there is no mutual recognition of disability status between Member States; calls on the Member States to work together in a spirit of mutual trust to recognise the status assigned in another Member State; emphasises the Commission’s goal of working with Member States to expand the scope of the mutual recognition of disability status in areas such as labour mobility and the benefits related to the conditions of service provision; reiterates the need for mutual recognition of deinstitutionalization and its implementation and ''independent living in the community'', towards better aligning Member States' strategies and the EU funds to the UNCRPD;

Amendment 7 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

~~G. whereas the Optional Protocol of the CRPD has not been ratified by the EU and five Member States;~~deleted

Amendment 70 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Notes that there is no mutual recognition of disability status between Member States; calls on the Member States to work together in a spirit of mutual trust to recognise the status assigned in another Member State; emphasises the Commission’s goal of working with Member States to expand the scope of the mutual recognition of disability status in areas such as labour mobility and the benefits related to the conditions of service provision; welcomes in this regard the Commission's proposal to create a European Disability Card which should facilitate mutual recognition of disability status between Member States;

Amendment 71 #

Ryszard CZARNECKI, Kosma ZŁOTOWSKI, Andrey SLABAKOV, Angel DZHAMBAZKI, Emmanouil FRAGKOS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Notes that there is no mutual recognition of disability status between Member States; calls on the Member States to work together in a spirit of mutual trust to recognise the status assigned in another Member State; emphasises the Commission’s goal of working with Member States to expand the scope of the mutual recognition of disability status in areas such as labour mobility and the benefits related to the conditions of service provision; underlines the need to extend the benefits of the EU disability card so that mutually recognized health access benefits are also included;

Amendment 72 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Notes that there is no mutual recognition of disability status between Member States; calls on the Member States to work together in a spirit of mutual trust to recognise the status assigned in another Member State; emphasises the Commission’s goal of working with Member States to expand the scope of the mutual recognition of disability status in areas such as labour mobility and the benefits related to the conditions of service provision; underlines in this context the importance of swift action in terms of implementation of the European Disability Card;

Amendment 73 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

Amendment 74 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)

16 a. Is concerned about the high unemployment rates of persons with disabilities, especially among women with disabilities compared to other groups in the European Union; calls on the Member States to promote and ensure a legislative and policy framework for the participation of persons with disabilities and especially women with disabilities in the labour market, including those with hidden disabilities, chronic illnesses or learning disabilities;

Amendment 75 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)

16a. Recognises the many areas of application that the European Disability Card could have, both in terms of access to many services without being discriminated against and in terms of safety at times of danger and emergency; points out that the card would ensure that the person with a disability was immediately recognised by the police forces involved;

Amendment 76 #

Ryszard CZARNECKI, Kosma ZŁOTOWSKI, Andrey SLABAKOV, Angel DZHAMBAZKI, Emmanouil FRAGKOS, Cristian TERHEŞ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)

16 b. Regrets that children and adults with disabilities are at higher risk of violence than their non-disabled peers according to WHO1a; highlights that especially minors "are 3.7 times more likely than non-disabled children to be victims of any sort of violence, 3.6 times more likely to be victims of physical violence, and 2.9 times more likely to be victims of sexual violence; underlines that children with mental or intellectual impairments appear to be among the most vulnerable, with 4.6 times the risk of sexual violence than their non-disabled peers" 1a ; therefore, urges for the creation of a European framework for the protection of persons with disabilities from any sort of violence; _________________ 1a https://www.who.int/disabilities/violence/e n/

Amendment 77 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Stresses the urgent need for EU legislation aimed at protecting citizens against all forms of discrimination in the EU; urges the Member States to adopt the EU horizontal anti-discrimination directive tabled by the Commission in 2008; calls on the Commission to present an alternative solution in order to move forward in tackling discrimination across the EU, in all areas of life, as soon as possible;

Amendment 78 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

Amendment 79 #

Ryszard CZARNECKI, Kosma ZŁOTOWSKI, Andrey SLABAKOV, Angel DZHAMBAZKI, Emmanouil FRAGKOS, Cristian TERHEŞ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Stresses the urgent need for EU legislation aimed at protecting citizens against all forms of discrimination in the EU, considers it to be a primordial legislative act for a correct implementation of CRPD policies; urges the Member States to adopt the EU horizontal anti-discrimination directive tabled by the Commission in 2008; calls on the Commission to present an alternative solution in order to move forward in tackling discrimination across the EU, in all areas of life, as soon as possible;

Amendment 8 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)

H a. whereas petitions have repeatedly highlighted the limitations in terms of access to education for persons with disabilities, which lead to lower participation in educational activities than the population average and, as a consequence, to a risk of social and economic exclusion; whereas one person with disabilities out of four leaves the education system prematurely1c; _________________ 1c https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics- explained/index.php?title=Archive:Disabi lity_statistics_- _access_to_education_and_training&oldi d=413588

Amendment 80 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Strongly condemns all medical discrimination against persons with disabilities; recalls that the relevant measures adopted by the Member States must comply with the CRPD and must ensure equal and non-discriminatory access to healthcare and social services; stresses that the response to future health crises (from preparedness to treatment) must ensure that persons with disabilities are not left behind; in this regard, urges the relevant authorities to offer persons with disabilities ~~deserve~~ the same medical treatment as any other person, including intensive medical care, also during health crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic;

Amendment 81 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Strongly condemns all medical discrimination against persons with disabilities; recalls that the relevant measures adopted by the Member States must comply with the CRPD and must ensure equal and non-discriminatory access to healthcare and social services; stresses that persons with disabilities deserve the same medical treatment as any other person, including intensive medical care~~, also during health crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic~~; recalls the importance for health public services to always play a main role for the protection of persons with disabilities;

Amendment 82 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

Amendment 83 #

Jana TOOM, Vlad GHEORGHE, Frédérique RIES, Ulrike MÜLLER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Reiterates its call on the Commission to work with the Court of Justice of the European Union on communication and accessibility strategies in order to ensure that persons with disabilities have the ability to access the EU justice system without facing any form of discrimination; stresses the need to pay special attention to women with disabilities as they are two to five times more likely to experience violence than other women.19a _________________ 19aEuropean Commission, ‘Union of Equality. Strategy for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2021-2030’ (3 March 2021), p.16, https://op.europa.eu/en/publication- detail/-/publication/3e1e2228-7c97-11eb- 9ac9-01aa75ed71a1/language-en

Amendment 84 #

Jana TOOM, Ulrike MÜLLER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)

19 a. Urges the Member States to ensure that people with disabilities are engaged in the policy-making process without any constraints; notes that the CRPD requires full political participation, which means that persons with disabilities must be able to participate in elections and decision- making processes on an equal basis with others; calls on the Commission to ensure that Member States provide facilitated naturalisation or specific exemptions from naturalisation exams for persons with disabilities to guarantee their access to citizenship;

Amendment 85 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)

19a. Condemns all forms of discrimination against persons with disabilities in the workplace; calls on the Member States and the Commission to implement polices aimed at preventing cases of harassment based on disability; calls, in addition, on the Member States, in cooperation with employers, to implement polices to prevent cyberbullying of persons with disabilities in the workplace;

Amendment 86 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)

19 a. Stresses that imprisonment of persons whose disability is incompatible with detention must be prevented and that alternatives to prison sentences should be provided; calls on the Member States to ensure that the fundamental principles of equality of treatment, non-discrimination, reasonable accommodation and accessibility are respected for detainees with disabilities;

Amendment 87 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)

19b. Emphasises the vital role of family members who care for people with disabilities and who often fulfil their needs for care and assistance; underlines, therefore, the need for EU and national policies and strategies to provide strong support to family members and carers; considers it vital to provide them with European mutual recognition in their role as care providers;

Amendment 88 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)

20 a. Recalls that a good structure of public services, especially in health and education, is essential to ensure an equal treatment of persons with disabilities, regardless of their economic condition; calls on the Member States to use the EU funds to improve these services and related infrastructures, according to the spirit of the initiatives REACT EU and Next Generation EU;

Amendment 89 #

Ryszard CZARNECKI, Kosma ZŁOTOWSKI, Andrey SLABAKOV, Angel DZHAMBAZKI, Emmanouil FRAGKOS, Cristian TERHEŞ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Calls on the Member States to make use of cohesion policy funds to improve the living conditions of persons with disabilities, while respecting the principles of accessibility and non- discrimination, and investing in equal opportunities and the participation of persons with disabilities in all areas of life, including in supporting the transition from institutional to community-based living; asks the Commission to monitor closely the use of EU funds in line with the CRPD; stresses the need for a gradual convergence on the definitions of accessibility, participation and community-based living as a means of enhancing cohesion among Member States;

Amendment 9 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital H b (new)

H b. whereas petitions have repeatedly highlighted the limitations regarding the employment opportunities of persons with disabilities; whereas the average gap between the employment rates of people with and without disabilities in the EU is 25%1d; _________________ 1dCOM(2019)653/F1 - PL (europa.eu), p.89

Amendment 90 #

Tatjana ŽDANOKA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Calls on the ~~Member States to make use of cohesion policy funds to~~Commission and on the Member States to include in the final content of the Partnership Agreements on the European structural and investment funds and in programmes of these funds the objectives and approaches which improve the living conditions of persons with disabilities, while respecting the principles of accessibility and non- discrimination, and investing in equal opportunities and the participation of persons with disabilities in all areas of life, including in supporting the transition from institutional to community-based living; asks the Commission to monitor closely the use of EU funds in line with the CRPD;

Amendment 91 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)

21 a. Underlines the necessity for adequately funding the equipment that persons with disabilities need, to ensure that they can use the best available technology and equipment for their everyday life, for their employment and social participation;

Amendment 92 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)

21a. Welcomes the results of the European Access City competition; calls on the Member States to introduce similar competitions at national level;

Amendment 93 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)

21a. Points out that EU funds should never be used to finance inaccessible products, services or infrastructure;

Amendment 94 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 b (new)

21 b. Highlights the need for financial aids so that persons with disabilities may hire or employ helpers or financially support family members, since their caring services have a cost in time and finance, and since this is absolutely necessary for the support of the persons with disabilities and for their family helpers;

Amendment 95 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 c (new)

21 c. Highlights that persons with disabilities are socially marginalized and excluded from employment, economic and social life; regrets that often persons with disabilities, particularly those with high support needs, are highly at risk of being institutionalized, while the current financial support by Member States is not enough, especially regarding community based, person centered support that would protect the rights of persons with disabilities1a; _________________ 1a https://www.edf-feph.org/independent- living-and-de-institutionalisation-policy/

Amendment 96 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 d (new)

21 d. Stresses that Article 19 of the CRPD sets out the right to live independently and be included in the community; calls on the Member States to ensure a process that provides for a shift in living arrangements for persons with disabilities, from institutional settings to a system enabling social participation where services are provided in the community according to individual will and preference; calls on the Member States to include specific targets with clear deadlines in their deinstitutionalisation strategies and to adequately finance the implementation of these strategies;

Amendment 97 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Calls on the Commission to conduct further research into the impact and health-related effects of ~~LED lights, in particular on photosensitive persons and persons with disabilitie~~emerging technologies on persons with disabilities, such as the case of LED lights on photosensitive persons;

Amendment 98 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Calls on the Commission to conduct further research into the impact and health-related effects of LED lights~~, in particular on photosensitive persons and persons with disabilitie~~ on persons with associated disorders;

Amendment 99 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)

22 a. Recalls that in order to develop appropriate and effective policies to ensure an accessible society for all persons with disabilities in the EU, there is a need for comparable and reliable EU data; therefore, calls on the Commission and the Member States to intensify their efforts to collect reliable statistics and data on the participation of persons with disabilities in the various levels and types of education, labour and participation in social life;

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2021/06/02 EMPL 181 amendments...

Amendment 1 #

Jordi CAÑAS, Lucia ĎURIŠ NICHOLSONOVÁ, Samira RAFAELA

Draft opinion
Recital A

A. whereas the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs highly appreciates the role of the Committee on Petitions as a bridge between the Union’s citizens, Parliament and the other EU institutions; whereas the Committee on Petitions plays a crucial part in ensuring a participatory democracy, citizens orientated parliamentary activities and citizen involvement, revealing infringements that fall within the European Union's fields of competencies and activities and which affects citizens directly, but also wrongdoing that falls out of scope of EU competences thereby revealing possible loopholes and weaknesses in EU Law that need to be tackled;

Amendment 10 #

Draft opinion
Recital A b (new)

Ab. whereas principle 17 of the European Pillar of Social Rights states that people with disabilities have the right to income support that ensures living in dignity, services that enable them to participate in the labour market and in society, and a work environment adapted to their needs;

Amendment 100 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to conduct a thorough analysis of the national legislations concerning the criteria for the recognition of disability and its degrees and based on this, harmonise the definition of disability and to ensure mutual recognition of disability status across Member States, so as to ensure the free movement of persons with disabilities and their enjoyment of their EU citizenship rights;

Amendment 101 #

2. Calls on the Commission ~~and the Member States to harmonise~~to facilitate exchanges between Member States on their respective best practices regarding the definition of disability ~~and~~; calls on the Member States to ensure mutual recognition of disability status ~~across Member States~~, so as to ensure the free movement of persons with disabilities and their effective enjoyment of their EU citizenship rights;

Amendment 102 #

Milan BRGLEZ, Manuel PIZARRO, Marc ANGEL, Gabriele BISCHOFF, Estrella DURÁ FERRANDIS, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Lina GÁLVEZ MUÑOZ, Aurore LALUCQ, Marianne VIND

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ~~harmonise the~~adopt a uniform European definition of disability, in line with Article 1 of the UN CRPD, and to ensure mutual recognition of disability status across Member States, so as to ensure the free movement of persons with disabilities and their enjoyment of their EU citizenship rights;

Amendment 103 #

Milan BRGLEZ, Manuel PIZARRO, Marc ANGEL, Gabriele BISCHOFF, Estrella DURÁ FERRANDIS, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Lina GÁLVEZ MUÑOZ, Aurore LALUCQ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Calls on the ~~Commission and the Member States to harmonise the definition of disability and~~Member States to ensure mutual recognition of disability status across Member States based on the Convention definition of disability, so as to ensure the free movement of persons with disabilities and their enjoyment of their EU citizenship rights;

Amendment 104 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to better acknowledge the importance of accessible and quality support services and systems for independent living; stresses the need to promote strategies and standards for personalised quality support for dependent persons with disabilities and their carers, including improved social protection and various forms of support for informal carers; calls on the Commission to present a strategic EU care agenda as a further step forward in qualitatively empowering the healthcare sector in the EU, including personal and household services workers; reiterates that the care agenda needs also to reflect the situation of the 100 million informal carers in the EU, who provide 80 % of long-term care but remain mostly unrecognised;

Amendment 105 #

Antonio Maria RINALDI, Elena LIZZI, Mara BIZZOTTO, Gianantonio DA RE, Stefania ZAMBELLI, Simona BALDASSARRE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Calls on the Commission to conduct a comprehensive update of EU disability strategy and funding programmes with a view to complying fully with the CRPD by constructively involving disability organisations; calls on the Commission and the Member States to involve disability organisations in the dialogue and in all stages of the implementation of the Strategy for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2021- 2030;

Amendment 106 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. 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 107 #

Jordi CAÑAS, Lucia ĎURIŠ NICHOLSONOVÁ, Samira RAFAELA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Notes that Article 27 of the UNCRPD recognises the right of persons with disabilities to work on an equal basis with others and to gain a living by work freely chosen; calls on the Member States to ensure that the labour market and work environments are open, inclusive and accessible to persons with disabilities;

Amendment 108 #

Jordi CAÑAS, Lucia ĎURIŠ NICHOLSONOVÁ, Samira RAFAELA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2b. Looks forward to the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities’ upcoming General comment No. 8 on Article 27 of the CRDP on the right to work and employment; urges the Member States to create an inclusive and non-discriminatory working environment for persons with disabilities taking into consideration their low rate of employment;

Amendment 109 #

Jordi CAÑAS, Lucia ĎURIŠ NICHOLSONOVÁ, Samira RAFAELA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)

2c. Calls on the Member States to address the underdevelopment and underfunding of public employment services with a view to improving the employment rate of persons with disabilities; urges the Member States to strengthen the links of public employment services with referring agencies;

Amendment 11 #

Jordi CAÑAS, Lucia ĎURIŠ NICHOLSONOVÁ, Samira RAFAELA

Draft opinion
Recital A b (new)

Ab. whereas nearly one in four EU citizens surveyed reported some degree of functional limitations due to health conditions1b; _________________ 1bhttps://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics- explained/index.php?title=Functional_an d_activity_limitations_statistics

Amendment 110 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 d (new)

2d. Highlights the positive role played by UNCRPD-compliant sheltered workplaces in the transition of persons with disabilities to the open labour market;

Amendment 111 #

Jordi CAÑAS, Lucia ĎURIŠ NICHOLSONOVÁ, Samira RAFAELA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 e (new)

2e. Urges the Member States to support rights-based, inclusive and decent Individual Placement and Support (“Supported Employment”) models as a means of transition, when possible, into the open labour market for persons with disabilities;

Amendment 112 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 f (new)

2f. Reiterates Parliament's call on the Member States to support inclusive companies that provide employment for workers with disabilities in the open labour market through public procurement, as well as Social Economy organisations;

Amendment 113 #

Jordi CAÑAS, Samira RAFAELA, Lucia ĎURIŠ NICHOLSONOVÁ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Welcomes the fact that as part of the Strategy for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2021-2030, an EU-wide Disability Card will be available by the end of 2023; Calls on the Commission to put forward a clear legislative proposal on the EU-wide Disability Card in a timely manner so the Card is available for all persons with disabilities within this time frame; Calls on the Commission in this regard to use the digital tools to create the EU-wide Disability Card widely accepted, accessible for all persons with disabilities and interconnected with other tools like Disability Parking Card; Calls furthermore on the Commission to use the European Disability Card to clarify all aspects of the portability of all rights connected to the officially recognized disability status;

Amendment 114 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Welcomes the fact that as part of the Strategy for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2021-2030, an EU-wide Disability Card ~~will be available by the end of 2023~~to expand the scope of the mutual recognition of disability status in areas such as labour mobility and benefits related to conditions of service provision will be available by the end of 2023; and calls on the Commission and the Member States to be bold regarding the scope of entitlements the Card will afford its users as well as in ensuring that it is implemented in every Member State, by way of binding EU legislation;

Amendment 115 #

Antonius MANDERS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Welcomes the fact that as part of the Strategy for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2021-2030, an EU-wide Disability Card ~~will be available by the end of 2023;~~ ensuring that every EU citizen and resident covered by it has the same rights as nationals and residents of the Member State where they are temporarily staying will be available by the end of 2023 and calls on the Commission to ensure that older people with reduced mobility are also covered through this card, therefore to be renamed 'European Disability and Elderly Card';

Amendment 116 #

Milan BRGLEZ, Manuel PIZARRO, Marc ANGEL, Gabriele BISCHOFF, Estrella DURÁ FERRANDIS, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Lina GÁLVEZ MUÑOZ, Aurore LALUCQ, Marianne VIND

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Welcomes the fact that as part of the Strategy for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2021-2030, an EU-wide Disability Card will be available by the end of 2023; calls on the Commission and the Member States to be ambitious regarding the scope of entitlements the Card would guarantee its users and in ensuring that it is implemented in every single EU Member State, by way of binding EU legislation if necessary;

Amendment 117 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Welcomes the fact that as part of the Strategy for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2021-2030, an EU-wide Disability Card will be available by the end of 2023; and calls on the Commission to grant the EU-wide Disability Card with a strong scope harmonising the status and definition of disability and making the Card mandatory for all Member States;

Amendment 118 #

Antonio Maria RINALDI, Elena LIZZI, Mara BIZZOTTO, Gianantonio DA RE, Stefania ZAMBELLI, Simona BALDASSARRE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Welcomes the fact that as part of the Strategy for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2021-2030, an EU-wide Disability Card will be available in a readable form that is acceptable to all service providers in every Member State by the end of 2023;

Amendment 119 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Welcomes the fact that as part of the Strategy for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2021-2030, an EU-wide Disability Card will be available by the end of 2023; hopes that this will happen as soon as possible and, in any case, no later than 2023;

Amendment 12 #

Jordi CAÑAS, Lucia ĎURIŠ NICHOLSONOVÁ, Samira RAFAELA

Draft opinion
Recital A c (new)

Ac. whereas Member States signed ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities whose Article 24 stipulates that signatories shall ensure that persons with disabilities are able to access lifelong learning, adult education, vocational training, general tertiary and secondary education as well as free and compulsory primary education;

Amendment 120 #

Antonius MANDERS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 (new)

Notes that in some EU-countries where a Disability Card has already been introduced, there have been reports of misuse, sometimes leading to negative consequences for persons truly eligible; therefore stresses the need to raise awareness at all levels and take measures to prevent misuse of the new EU-wide European Disability Card;

Amendment 121 #

Antonio Maria RINALDI, Elena LIZZI, Mara BIZZOTTO, Gianantonio DA RE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Urges the Member States to ensure that people with disabilities are involved in the policy-making process without any restrictions; notes that the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities requires full involvement in policy making, which means allowing people with disabilities to participate and be represented in policy formulation and decision making in all areas at European, national and local level, in line with the principle of disability mainstreaming;

Amendment 122 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Considers it necessary to reduce the red tape that complicates the lives of persons with disabilities and their family members, by simplifying access to services and encouraging the recognition and certification of disability status;

Amendment 123 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Points out that a new European disability card should be adapted to the Member States’ own social models;

Amendment 124 #

Jordi CAÑAS, Lucia ĎURIŠ NICHOLSONOVÁ, Samira RAFAELA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3b. Stresses that Article 19 of the CRPD sets out the right to live independently and be included in the community; calls on the Member States to bring about a change in living conditions for persons with disabilities, involving a shift away from institutional arrangements towards social integration, with the provision of community services in line with the wishes and preferences of each individual; calls on the Member States to include specific targets with clear deadlines in their deinstitutionalisation strategies and provide adequate funding for the implementation thereof;

Amendment 125 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to undertake national disability awareness campaigns promoting the UN CRPD and the EU Disability Strategy 2021-2030, that are accessible for all and which involve persons with disabilities, their representative family members and organisations; stresses that those national disability awareness campaigns should place a special focus on the business environment as a lever for inclusion as well as the public administration and to ensure compliance with the obligations and commitments outlined in these documents;

Amendment 126 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Calls on the Member States to undertake national disability awareness campaigns promoting the UN CRPD and the EU Disability Strategy 2021-2030, and to come up with strong ambitious inclusive national disability strategies that go beyond the minimum targets mentioned in the EU Disability Strategy and to ensure compliance with the commitments outlined in these documents;

Amendment 127 #

Milan BRGLEZ, Manuel PIZARRO, Marc ANGEL, Gabriele BISCHOFF, Estrella DURÁ FERRANDIS, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Lina GÁLVEZ MUÑOZ, Aurore LALUCQ, Marianne VIND

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Calls on the Member States to undertake national disability awareness campaigns promoting the UN CRPD and the EU Disability Strategy 2021-2030, to adopt ambitious timelines and a set of detailed indicators to measure the progress in implementation of their goals and objectives, and to ensure compliance of all actors with the commitments outlined in these documents;

Amendment 128 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Calls on the Member States to undertake national disability awareness campaigns promoting the UN CRPD ~~and the EU Disability Strategy 2021-2030,~~ and to ensure compliance with the commitments outlined in th~~ese~~at documents;

Amendment 129 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Calls on the Member States to undertake national disability awareness- raising campaigns promoting the UN CRPD and the EU Disability Strategy 2021-2030, and to ensure compliance with the commitments outlined in these documents;

Amendment 13 #

Draft opinion
Recital Β

B. whereas there are around 87 million people with disabilities in Europe1a and approximately 1 % of all petitions received each year by the Committee on Petitions relate to various disability issues, which reveal the difficulties encountered by persons with disabilities and the fact that they face discrimination and obstacles in everyday life and do not enjoy the fundamental freedoms and rights laid down in the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD); whereas social protection and employment rights, use of the European Structural and Investment Funds in compliance with EU regulations and the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UN CRPD), and other issues falling within the competences of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs, are among the most common disability equality concerns voiced in the petitions received by Parliament; _________________ 1a https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscor ner/detail/en/speech_21_1015

Amendment 130 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Calls for the collection of EU-wide disability-related data with a human rights-based approach and of data related to the impact of the so-called COVID-19 crisis on persons with disabilities in order to provide the evidence needed to scale up rapid assessments and urgently develop strategies and prepare interventions together with the Member States to revert the backlash in terms of rights and development observed due to the implementation of containment measures of the COVID-19;

Amendment 131 #

Antonio Maria RINALDI, Elena LIZZI, Mara BIZZOTTO, Gianantonio DA RE, Stefania ZAMBELLI, Simona BALDASSARRE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Calls on the Member States to guarantee the right and access to education for every child and to establish structures of inclusive education, face-to- face or digital when needed, from early childhood to adolescence, including for Romani children, children with disabilities, stateless and migrant children and those living in humanitarian emergency settings; and irrespectively of special circumstances such as Pandemics like COVID 19;

Amendment 132 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Highlights the key role of carer family members, who often fulfil the care and assistance needs of the persons with disabilities; underlines, in this regard, the need for EU and national policies and strategies to provide strong support to family members and caregivers;

Amendment 133 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to include in European structural and investment fund planning and programming appropriations earmarked for policies and objectives seeking to improve the living conditions of persons with disabilities, while respecting the principles of accessibility and non- discrimination;

Amendment 134 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Calls on the Member States and the European institutions to ensure access to information on citizens' and workers' rights in formats accessible to people with various types of disabilities;

Amendment 135 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4b. Calls on the Council to present a strong Council Recommendation on the European Child Guarantee and calls on the Members States to bring forward multi-annual national strategies for tackling child poverty and social exclusion and Child Guarantee national action plans accordingly, that also ensure inclusive education;

Amendment 136 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Calls on the Member States to implement without delay Directive (EU) 2019/882 (the European Accessibility Act) in order to effectively remove barriers for workers with disabilities, and to ensure the availability of accessible services and the suitability of the conditions under which these services are provided, with an emphasis on services in the community, with a view to implementing national deinstitutionalisation strategies; stresses the need to bring Member State strategies and EU funding more closely into line with the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities with a view to ensuring the mutual recognition of deinstitutionalisation and 'independent living in the community';

Amendment 137 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. ~~Calls~~Points out that petitioners’ most common concerns regarding the equality of persons with disabilities centre around accessibility and social protection, along with employment rights and the right to live independently in the community; calls, therefore, on the Member States to implement without delay Directive (EU) 2019/882 (the European Accessibility Act) in order to effectively remove barriers for workers with disabilities, and to ensure the availability of accessible services and the suitability of the conditions under which these services are provided;

Amendment 138 #

Jordi CAÑAS, Lucia ĎURIŠ NICHOLSONOVÁ, Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Samira RAFAELA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Calls on the Member States to implement without delay Directive (EU) 2019/882 (the European Accessibility Act) in order to effectively remove barriers for workers with disabilities, and to ensure the availability of accessible services and the suitability of the conditions under which these services are provided; Calls on the Member States to consider the interconnectivity between the accessibility of services and accessibility of the built environment and take it into account when transposing the European Accessibility Act into their national legislation;

Amendment 139 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Calls on the Member States to fully implement ~~without delay Directive (EU) 2019/882 (the European~~and continuously monitor all accessibility-related legislation, including the European Accessibility Act, the Audiovisual Media Services Directive, the Telecoms Package and the Web Accessibility ~~Act)~~Directive in order to effectively remove ~~barriers for worker~~and prevent barriers and to improve accessibility to products and services for persons with disabilities, ands well as to ensure the availability of accessible services and the suitability of the conditions under which these services are provided;

Amendment 14 #

Draft opinion
Recital B

B. whereas approximately 1 % of all petitions received each year by the Committee on Petitions relate to various disability issues which shows the interest and concerns of European citizens about the rights of persons with disabilities despite the low visibility of the opportunity to petition the Parliament among the disability communities; whereas social protection and employment rights, use of the European Structural and Investment Funds in compliance with EU regulations and the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UN CRPD), and other issues falling within the competences of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs, are among the most common disability equality concerns voiced in the petitions received by Parliament;

Amendment 140 #

Milan BRGLEZ, Manuel PIZARRO, Marc ANGEL, Gabriele BISCHOFF, Estrella DURÁ FERRANDIS, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Lina GÁLVEZ MUÑOZ, Aurore LALUCQ, Marianne VIND

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Calls on the Member States to implement without delay Directive (EU) 2019/882 (the European Accessibility Act) in order to effectively and definitively remove barriers for workers with disabilities, and to ensure the availability of accessible services and the suitability of the conditions under which these services are provided;

Amendment 141 #

Antonius MANDERS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1 (new)

Notes that in an emergency situation, general escape routes may not be suitable for elderly people and people with disabilities; therefore welcomes that a specific escape route designation for disabled people is expected to be included in an ISO standard in 2022 and calls on the Member States to introduce a specific escape route designation for disabled and elderly people for use in public buildings in their national legislation;

Amendment 142 #

Jordi CAÑAS, Lucia ĎURIŠ NICHOLSONOVÁ, Samira RAFAELA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Points out that hiring support systems cannot reduce the wage costs of PwD, particularly through public co- funding; points out that the hiring of PwD must be based on the employment framework applied to other workers, in terms of pay and working time arrangements, with that framework being adapted to their needs; takes the view that PwD cannot be included in the open labour market without a general framework of employment regulation, and both wage and collective bargaining promotion;

Amendment 143 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Stresses the need to step up research and innovation in the field of accessible technology, including solutions for broadening teleworking opportunities, in order to strengthen the inclusiveness of labour markets for persons with disabilities; reiterates Parliament's call on the Commission to propose a legislative framework with a view to regulating telework conditions across the EU and ensure decent and accessible working and employment conditions;

Amendment 144 #

Milan BRGLEZ, Manuel PIZARRO, Marc ANGEL, Gabriele BISCHOFF, Estrella DURÁ FERRANDIS, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Lina GÁLVEZ MUÑOZ, Aurore LALUCQ, Marianne VIND

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Calls on the Member States to explore the opportunities brought by digitalisation and recognise the value of assistive and adaptive technologies for persons with disabilities, with due regard to protection of personal data and ethical concerns; recalls that potential of the use of digital tools and assistive technologies depends on the opportunities of persons with disabilities to develop their digital skills;

Amendment 145 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Calls on the Commission, should an AccessibleEU resource centre be established, to include it in the organisation chart of DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion; considers that the need for an EU accessibility agency should be analysed in connection with the existing agency, the ELA, with a view to improving recognition of its competences in social matters;

Amendment 146 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Calls on the Commission to start the revision of the Employment Equality Directive as soon as possible with a view to fully harmonising it with the provisions of the UNCRPD and implementing a participatory process aimed at ensuring the direct and full involvement of representative organisations of persons with disabilities;

Amendment 147 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Urges the Commission and Member States to introduce public and private sector workplace quotas for persons with disabilities in order to foster an inclusive workplace;

Amendment 148 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Calls on the Commission to submit without delay a proposal for European regulations laying down accessibility standards for public transport and the built environment;

Amendment 149 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)

5b. 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 15 #

Draft opinion
Recital B

B. whereas approximately 1 % of all petitions received each year by the Committee on Petitions relate to a vari~~ous disability issues; whereas social protection and employment rights,~~ety of problems persons with disabilities encounter every day; whereas among the reported problems social protection and inclusion, employment and workers rights, discrimination, ensuring equality, children’s' rights and protection, the use of the European Structural and Investment Funds in compliance with EU regulations and the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UN CRPD), ~~and other issues falling within the competences of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs,~~ are among the most common disability equality concerns voiced in the petitions received by Parliament falling within the competences of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs;

Amendment 150 #

Milan BRGLEZ, Manuel PIZARRO, Marc ANGEL, Gabriele BISCHOFF, Estrella DURÁ FERRANDIS, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Lina GÁLVEZ MUÑOZ, Aurore LALUCQ, Marianne VIND

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)

5b. Calls on the Member States to take advantage of opportunities provided by the EU Funds to guarantee and support full accessibility of public spaces and transport, communication means and financial services;

Amendment 151 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)

5b. Calls on the Member States to take steps to increase the accessibility of public transport and the built environment and to disseminate good practices in this field;

Amendment 152 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)

5b. Highlights the need for financial assistance to enable persons with disabilities to hire or employ specially qualified helpers;

Amendment 153 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)

5c. Calls on the Commission to guarantee that EU funds do not support any measures and programmes that contribute to segregation or to social exclusion; and calls on the Commission to fund actions creating accessible environments, products, services, practices and devices, fostering deinstitutionalisation and supporting personal assistance, and to guarantee that EU-funded actions reach PwD and ensure their active involvement in society;

Amendment 154 #

Milan BRGLEZ, Manuel PIZARRO, Marc ANGEL, Gabriele BISCHOFF, Estrella DURÁ FERRANDIS, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Lina GÁLVEZ MUÑOZ, Aurore LALUCQ, Marianne VIND

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)

5c. Highlights the importance of swift incorporation of accessibility concerns in all relevant policies and instruments, including public procurement rules and accessibility of petitions to the European parliament;

Amendment 155 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. ~~Urges the Member States to ensure adequate social security coordination for persons with disabilities, including through the ongoing revision of Regulation (EC) No 883/2004.~~Reminds the Member States of Action line No.5 ix of the Council of Europe Disability Action Plan whereby disincentives to work in disability benefit systems shall be removed and beneficiaries encouraged to work when they can; urges the Member States to ensure adequate social security for persons with disabilities, including by ensuring they continue to receive disability supports covering their disability-related extra costs even when entering the labour market or when surpassing a certain income threshold in order to support their labour market integration and help guarantee their dignity and equality as well as improving social security portability for persons with disabilities through the ongoing revision of Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 and working alongside representative organisations of persons with disabilities;

Amendment 156 #

Milan BRGLEZ, Manuel PIZARRO, Marc ANGEL, Gabriele BISCHOFF, Estrella DURÁ FERRANDIS, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Lina GÁLVEZ MUÑOZ, Aurore LALUCQ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Urges the Member States to ensure adequate social protection and to allow sufficient flexibility in the provision of social support and benefits to ensure their adjustability to the individual needs and career paths of PwD; urges also adequate social security coordination for persons with disabilities, including through the ongoing revision of Regulation (EC) No 883/2004.;

Amendment 157 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Urges the Member States to ensure adequate social security coordination for persons with disabilities, including through the ~~ongoing~~ revision of Regulation (EC) No 883/2004.; calls therefore for its swift adoption;

Amendment 158 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Regrets the fact that EU's vaccination strategy has excluded PwD and their support network from the priority groups; urges that PwD and their support network are offered priority access to vaccination; calls, on this regard, that receiving a COVID-19 vaccination must be based on free and informed consent of PwD and that autonomy and legal capacity of all PwD including persons with intellectual disabilities, persons with psychosocial disabilities and autistic persons must not be undermined with justifications such as public good or the best interest of the person;

Amendment 159 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Is concerned about the high unemployment rates of persons with disabilities, especially women, compared to other groups in the European Union; calls on the Commission and Member States to promote and ensure a legislative and policy-making framework for admission to the labour market of persons with disabilities, especially women, including those with hidden disabilities, chronic illnesses or learning difficulties;

Amendment 16 #

Milan BRGLEZ, Manuel PIZARRO, Marc ANGEL, Gabriele BISCHOFF, Estrella DURÁ FERRANDIS, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Lina GÁLVEZ MUÑOZ, Aurore LALUCQ, Marianne VIND

Draft opinion
Recital B

B. whereas approximately 1 % of all petitions received each year by the Committee on Petitions relate to ~~various~~disability issues persons with disabilit~~y issues~~ies face; whereas social protection and employment rights, use of the European Structural and Investment Funds in compliance with EU regulations and the UN ~~Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UN~~ CRPD), and other issues falling within the competences of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs, are among the most common disability equality concerns voiced in the petitions received by Parliament;

Amendment 160 #

Jordi CAÑAS, Lucia ĎURIŠ NICHOLSONOVÁ, Samira RAFAELA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Calls on the Member States to create the conditions for increasing the employment of people with disabilities in the open labour market, including through the use of modern technologies, artificial intelligence, the development of a personal assistance system and the removal of barriers to accessibility to information, services, public transport and the built environment; calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote good practices in this regard;

Amendment 161 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Urges Member States to develop employment prospects for persons with disabilities by improving their implementation of Council Directive 2000/78/EC on non-discrimination in employment, particularly Article 5 on reasonable accommodation; calls on Member States to invest EU funds and Recovery and Resilience Facility funding in job creation and training for persons with disabilities;

Amendment 162 #

Milan BRGLEZ, Manuel PIZARRO, Marc ANGEL, Gabriele BISCHOFF, Estrella DURÁ FERRANDIS, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Lina GÁLVEZ MUÑOZ, Aurore LALUCQ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Calls on the Member States to make use of the European Social Fund (ESF+), the Youth Employment Initiative (YEI), the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD), the Erasmus programme, and the Just Transition Fund, which provide EU financial assistance for improving the situation of persons with disabilities;

Amendment 163 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Calls on the Council to unblock the negotiations on the proposed horizontal anti-discrimination directive without any further delay and move towards an agreement, thereby extending protection to persons with disabilities outside the sphere of employment;

Amendment 164 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Stresses that persons with disabilities should be guaranteed access to health care and education, including during crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic, and Member States should tackle all forms of discrimination and exclusion in this area;

Amendment 165 #

Radan KANEV

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Regrets the fact that the EU Funds continue to be used to build new segregating settings for persons with disabilities in a number of member states;

Amendment 166 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Points out that a new EU Disability Platform should be aligned with the guidelines set in the European Pillar of Social Rights;

Amendment 167 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6b. Points out that the COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated the need for the entire population to be able to benefit from digital transition without any discrimination or exclusion; emphasises the importance of ICTs (Information and Communication Technologies) for mobility, communication and access to public services for people with disabilities; calls on the Commission and Member States to actively promote the participation of persons with disabilities by providing the appropriate means of ensuring their access to online public services;

Amendment 168 #

Jordi CAÑAS, Lucia ĎURIŠ NICHOLSONOVÁ, Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Samira RAFAELA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6b. Calls on the European Court of Auditors to assess the performance of EU programmes, with special emphasis on education and employment programmes, for example the European Social Fund Plus (ESF+), the Youth Employment Initiative (YEI), the European Regional Development Fund(ERDF), and Erasmus+, in a thorough manner; as they often times fail to reach out to the most deprived groups, including persons with disabilities;

Amendment 169 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6b. Welcomes the efforts to revise Regulation 1260/2013 on European demographic statistics; invites the Commission to include in its modernisation of European population statistics the need to disaggregate data according to the nature of a person's disability, building on the Washington Group on Disability Statistics; highlights the importance of up-to-date, quality, disaggregated data for policy-making;

Amendment 17 #

Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)

Ba. whereas all EU Members States ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights oft he Child making it binding for them and whereas Article 3(3) of the Treaty of the European Union establishes the objective for the EU to promote protection of Children’s rights; whereas the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights guarantees the protection of the rights of the child by the EU institutions and by EU countries when they implement EU law; whereas the European Parliament with a strong majority voted on its Resolution on a European Child Guarantee strongly asking to ensure that all children have access to inclusive education from early childhood to adolescence, including for Romani children, children with disabilities, stateless and migrant children and those living in humanitarian emergency settings;

Amendment 170 #

Milan BRGLEZ, Manuel PIZARRO, Marc ANGEL, Gabriele BISCHOFF, Estrella DURÁ FERRANDIS, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Lina GÁLVEZ MUÑOZ, Aurore LALUCQ, Marianne VIND

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6b. Calls for a European and national investigations in the disproportionate infection and death rates due to COVID- 19 in nursing and care homes, residential services for older people and person with disabilities and other social services, with a view of understanding the causes, identifying the responsibilities and taking the necessary measures to prevent such cases in the future;

Amendment 171 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6b. Calls for sites, where vaccinations are delivered, are physically accessible and live guidance and assistance is provided for those who need it; calls for free or low-cost targeted programs for accessible transportation wherever necessary;

Amendment 172 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6b. Points out that a new EU Disability Platform should preserve EU and Member State competences in social matters;

Amendment 173 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)

6c. Calls on the Commission and Member States to include in the final work programmes and national operational programmes clear objectives and measures to improve the living and working conditions of persons with disabilities, while respecting the principles of accessibility and non-discrimination, and investing in equal opportunities and the participation of persons with disabilities in all areas of life, including in supporting the transition from institutional to community-based living; asks the Commission to monitor closely the use of EU funds in line with the CRPD;

Amendment 174 #

Jordi CAÑAS, Lucia ĎURIŠ NICHOLSONOVÁ, Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Samira RAFAELA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)

6c. Stresses the need for the European Commission's Digital Transition Strategy to ensure the involvement of people with disabilities in the IT development, deployment and use; stresses that AI- based technologies in the workplace should be accessible to everyone, based on the design for all principle;

Amendment 175 #

Milan BRGLEZ, Manuel PIZARRO, Marc ANGEL, Gabriele BISCHOFF, Estrella DURÁ FERRANDIS, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Lina GÁLVEZ MUÑOZ, Aurore LALUCQ, Marianne VIND

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)

6c. Calls on the Member States to exchange information and good practices, especially with regard to the transition from institutional care to independent living, provision of accessible and affordable housing for persons with disabilities and inclusion in the community;

Amendment 176 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)

6c. Calls on the Council to unblock the proposed horizontal anti- discrimination directive without any further delay, thereby extending EU protection of people with disabilities beyond the sphere of employment;

Amendment 177 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 d (new)

6d. Underlines the need to earmark adequate funding for resources enabling people with disabilities to make use of the best available technology and equipment in their everyday lives, at the workplace and for social intercourse; highlights the potential of digital solutions such as teleworking and AI applications to provide a labour market foothold for people with disabilities; calls on the Member States to make the necessary investment and give people with disabilities easier access to assistive devices and connectivity, such as special tools for the workplace, mobility solutions or intelligent sensor systems, with a view to facilitating their social inclusion and helping them secure a decent standard of living;

Amendment 178 #

Milan BRGLEZ, Manuel PIZARRO, Marc ANGEL, Gabriele BISCHOFF, Estrella DURÁ FERRANDIS, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Lina GÁLVEZ MUÑOZ, Aurore LALUCQ, Marianne VIND

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 d (new)

6d. Urges Member States to develop employment prospects for persons with disabilities by improving their implementation of Council Directive 2000/78/EC on non-discrimination in employment, particularly Article 5 on reasonable accommodation, as well as by enabling the compatibility of disability allowance payments alongside income through a salary, and by investing EU funds and Recovery and Resilience Facility funding in training and job creation for persons with disabilities;

Amendment 179 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 d (new)

6d. Calls on the Council to unblock the negotiations on the proposed horizontal anti-discrimination directive without any further delay and move towards an agreement, thereby extending the protection to persons with disabilities in all spheres where EU and national legislation could have a positive influence on persons with disabilities;

Amendment 18 #

Draft opinion
Recital Β a (new)

Ba. having regard to the Commission proposal for a Council Directive on implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation (COM(2008)0426, ‘the Anti- Discrimination Directive’); whereas this directive would provide greater protection against discrimination of all kinds but still remains blocked in the European Council;

Amendment 180 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 e (new)

6e. Stresses that access to the necessary digital skills and knowledge of AI can provide a labour market foothold for vulnerable groups such as people with disabilities;

Amendment 181 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 f (new)

6f. Highlights the importance of social enterprises and cooperatives in the social and economic inclusion and empowerment of people with disabilities, especially women; calls on the Commission and Member States to devote particular attention to the social economy in formulating programmes and policies for people with disabilities;

Amendment 19 #

Jordi CAÑAS, Lucia ĎURIŠ NICHOLSONOVÁ, Samira RAFAELA

Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)

Ba. whereas the Committee on Petitions receives a large number of petitions relating to Directive 2000/78/EC concerning the failure to implement the principle of equal treatment with regard to access to inclusive education, employment, vocational training, promotion and working conditions of people with disabilities, and whereas therefore a more complex approach is needed;

Amendment 2 #

Milan BRGLEZ, Manuel PIZARRO, Marc ANGEL, Gabriele BISCHOFF, Estrella DURÁ FERRANDIS, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Lina GÁLVEZ MUÑOZ, Aurore LALUCQ, Marianne VIND

Draft opinion
Recital A

A. whereas the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs highly appreciates the role of the Committee on Petitions as a bridge between the Union’s citizens, Parliament and the other EU institutions; whereas submission of a petition to the European Parliament is a fundamental right of every individual and organisation based in the EU and at the same time an indispensable direct source of factual information on the experience of persons with disabilities with the exercise of their rights guaranteed by the EU law and the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UN CRPD);

Amendment 20 #

Milan BRGLEZ, Manuel PIZARRO, Marc ANGEL, Gabriele BISCHOFF, Estrella DURÁ FERRANDIS, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Lina GÁLVEZ MUÑOZ, Aurore LALUCQ, Marianne VIND

Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)

Ba. whereas access to quality employment, education and training, healthcare, social protection, including across borders, access to adequate housing, support for independent living and equal opportunities for participation in leisure activities and community life are essential for quality life of persons with disabilities;

Amendment 21 #

Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)

Ba. whereas, in 2019, 28.4% of the EU population with a disability (aged 16 or over) was at risk of social exclusion or poverty1a; _________________ 1a Eurostat 2021 https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/product s-eurostat-news/-/ddn-20210208-1

Amendment 22 #

Jordi CAÑAS, Lucia ĎURIŠ NICHOLSONOVÁ, Samira RAFAELA

Draft opinion
Recital B b (new)

Bb. whereas the collection of EU Statistics on Population (ESOP) overlooks the nature of a person's disability as well as the number of persons with disabilities living in residential care, hampering compliance with Article 31 of the UNCRPD;

Amendment 23 #

Jordi CAÑAS, Lucia ĎURIŠ NICHOLSONOVÁ, Samira RAFAELA, Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI

Draft opinion
Recital B b (new)

Bb. whereas there is insufficient information available on European and national regulations on labour rights, employment and non-discrimination for people with various types of disabilities;

Amendment 24 #

C. whereas ~~it is generally acknowledged that~~ persons with disabilities continue to face multiple obstacles and discrimination in everyday life ~~and that they do not~~which prevents them from enjoying the fundamental freedoms and rights laid down in numerous EU and UN ~~document~~legislation and conventions on an equal basis with others, such as mutual recognition of disability status between Member States, access to public transport, physical, sensory and cognitive accessibility of the built environment, ~~use of sign languages, financing of and equal access to education and vocational training, access to personal assistance and community inclusion~~products, services and programmes, use of hearing assistive devices, haptic aids, sign languages and all other means and formats of accessible communication and information, financing of and equal access to inclusive education, vocational training and employment;

Amendment 25 #

Draft opinion
Recital C

C. whereas it is generally acknowledged that persons with disabilities continue to face multiple obstacles and discrimination in everyday life and that they do not enjoy the fundamental freedoms and rights laid down in numerous EU and UN documents, such as mutual recognition of disability status between Member States which hinders their freedom of movement as one of the fundamental freedoms enshrined in the Treaties, access to public transport, accessibility of the built environment, goods and services, use of sign languages, financing of and equal access to education and vocational training, independent living and access to personal assistance and community inclusion;

Amendment 26 #

Draft opinion
Recital C

C. whereas it is generally acknowledged that persons with disabilities continue to face multiple and intersectional obstacles and discrimination in everyday life and that they do not enjoy the fundamental freedoms and rights laid down in ~~numerous EU and UN document~~the applicable EU and UN normative and legal frameworks, such as mutual recognition of disability status between Member States, access to public transport, accessibility of the built environment, use of sign languages, financing of and equal access to education and vocational training, access to personal assistance and community inclusion, equality in opportunity and treatment in employment and occupation;

Amendment 27 #

Draft opinion
Recital C

C. whereas it is generally acknowledged that persons with disabilities continue to face multiple obstacles and discrimination in everyday life and that they ~~do not enjoy~~are deprived of their fundamental freedoms and rights laid down in numerous EU and UN documents, such as mutual recognition of disability status between Member States, access to the open labour market and to work on an equal basis with others, access to public transport, accessibility of the built environment, use of sign languages, financing of and equal access to education ~~and~~, vocational training and culture and sport, access to personal assistance and community inclusion;

Amendment 28 #

Draft opinion
Recital C

C. whereas it is generally acknowledged that persons with disabilities continue to face multiple obstacles and di~~scrimination~~fficulties in everyday life and that, in practice, they do not enjoy the fundamental freedoms and rights ~~laid down~~proclaimed in numerous EU and UN documents ratified by the Member States, such as mutual recognition of disability status between Member States, access to public transport, accessibility of the built environment, use of sign languages, financing of and equal access to education and vocational training, access to personal assistance and community inclusion;

Amendment 29 #

Draft opinion
Recital C

C. whereas it is generally acknowledged that persons with disabilities continue to face multiple obstacles and discrimination in everyday life and that they do not enjoy the fundamental freedoms and rights laid down in numerous EU and UN documents, such as mutual recognition of disability status between Member States, access to public transport, accessibility of the built environment, use of sign languages, financing of and equal access to education and vocational training, access to the labour market, access to personal assistance and community inclusion;

Amendment 3 #

Draft opinion
Recital A

A. whereas the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs highly appreciates the role of the Committee on Petitions as a bridge between the Union’s citizens, Parliament and the other EU institutions; whereas the right to petition the European Parliament is one of the fundamental rights of EU citizens; whereas the right to petition offers EU citizens and residents an open, democratic and transparent mechanism for addressing their elected representatives directly, and is therefore an important element of active citizens' participation in the EU’s fields of activity;

Amendment 30 #

Antonio Maria RINALDI, Elena LIZZI, Mara BIZZOTTO, Gianantonio DA RE, Stefania ZAMBELLI, Simona BALDASSARRE

Draft opinion
Recital C

C. whereas it is generally acknowledged that persons with disabilities continue to face multiple obstacles and discrimination in everyday life and that they do not enjoy the fundamental freedoms and rights laid down in numerous EU and UN documents, such as mutual recognition of disability status between Member States, access to public transport, accessibility of the ~~built~~physical1c environment, use of sign languages, financing of and equal access to education and vocational training, access to personal assistance and community inclusion; _________________ 1c https://www.un.org/development/desa/disa bilities/convention-on-the-rights-of- persons-with-disabilities/article-9- accessibility.html

Amendment 31 #

Milan BRGLEZ, Manuel PIZARRO, Marc ANGEL, Gabriele BISCHOFF, Estrella DURÁ FERRANDIS, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Lina GÁLVEZ MUÑOZ, Aurore LALUCQ, Marianne VIND

Draft opinion
Recital C

C. whereas ~~it is generally acknowledged that~~ persons with disabilities continue to face multiple obstacles and discrimination in everyday life and that they do not enjoy the fundamental freedoms and rights laid down in ~~numerous EU and UN doc~~the fundamental EU treaties and UN human rights instruments, such as mutual recognition of disability status between Member States, access to public transport, accessibility of the built environment, use of sign languages, financing of and equal access to education and vocational training, access to personal assistance and community inclusion;

Amendment 32 #

Draft opinion
Recital C a (new)

Ca. 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 measures supporting families in different fields are therefore necessary; whereas measures to support families will, in turn, have a positive impact on the full and equal recognition of the rights of persons with disabilities;

Amendment 33 #

Draft opinion
Recital C a (new)

Ca. whereas progress has been made by means of the strategy on the rights of persons with disabilities, but whereas these persons still face obstacles and discrimination; whereas persons with disabilities are therefore more at risk of poverty and social exclusion and whereas the 2021-2030 strategy will have to address this state of affairs;

Amendment 34 #

Jordi CAÑAS, Lucia ĎURIŠ NICHOLSONOVÁ, Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Samira RAFAELA

Draft opinion
Recital C a (new)

Ca. whereas work-related discrimination against persons with disabilities is interrelated with the lack of inclusive education and vocational training, as well as the segregation and discrimination present in the field of housing, healthcare, and the lack of accessibility of transport and other services and products;

Amendment 35 #

Draft opinion
Recital C a (new)

Ca. whereas civil society and Third Sector organisations working in the disability sector have shown, yet again during the COVID-19 crisis, their paramount importance and resilience; whereas their role should be acknowledged by the EU institutions and Member States;

Amendment 36 #

Draft opinion
Recital C a (new)

Ca. whereas in the report on the Equal treatment in employment and occupation in light of the UNCRPD, the European Parliament revealed the shortcomings of the Council Directive 2000/78/EC establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation;

Amendment 37 #

Milan BRGLEZ, Manuel PIZARRO, Marc ANGEL, Gabriele BISCHOFF, Estrella DURÁ FERRANDIS, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Lina GÁLVEZ MUÑOZ, Aurore LALUCQ, Marianne VIND

Draft opinion
Recital C a (new)

Ca. whereas unemployment rate among persons with disabilities remains almost twice of the general population and is particularly high among young people and women with disabilities;

Amendment 38 #

Draft opinion
Recital C a (new)

Ca. whereas the average gap between the employment rates of persons with and without disabilities in the EU is 25%1d; _________________ 1dCOM(2019)653/F1 - PL (europa.eu), p.89

Amendment 39 #

Draft opinion
Recital C b (new)

Cb. whereas the Directive (EU) 2019/1158 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 on the work-life balance for parents and carers and the repealing Council Directive 2010/18/EU requires Member States to assess whether the conditions of access to and the detailed arrangements for parental, carers’ and workers leave should be adapted to the specific needs of parents in particular disadvantaged situations, such as parents with a disability, (adoptive, single, separated) parents of children with a disability or a long-term illness, or parents in particular circumstances;

Amendment 4 #

Jordi CAÑAS, Lucia ĎURIŠ NICHOLSONOVÁ, Samira RAFAELA

Draft opinion
Recital A

A. whereas the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs highly appreciates the role of the Committee on Petitions as a bridge between the Union’s citizens, Parliament and the other EU institutions; whereas through this role it has a special duty to protect the rights of persons with disabilities in the European Union;

Amendment 40 #

Draft opinion
Recital C b (new)

Cb. whereas persons with disabilities face numerous hurdles in their everyday life, inter alia, when trying to access personal assistance and community inclusion; adequate and affordable accessible housing; access to affordable and accessible health; person-centred social and health care;

Amendment 41 #

Milan BRGLEZ, Manuel PIZARRO, Marc ANGEL, Gabriele BISCHOFF, Estrella DURÁ FERRANDIS, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Lina GÁLVEZ MUÑOZ, Aurore LALUCQ, Marianne VIND

Cb. whereas unemployment and lack of quality and sustainable jobs for persons with disabilities are the main factors of high risk of poverty, social exclusion and homelessness among the persons with disabilities;

Amendment 42 #

Milan BRGLEZ, Manuel PIZARRO, Marc ANGEL, Gabriele BISCHOFF, Estrella DURÁ FERRANDIS, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Lina GÁLVEZ MUÑOZ, Aurore LALUCQ, Marianne VIND

Draft opinion
Recital C c (new)

Cc. whereas in 2017, a third of adults in the EU with a disability lived in households whose financial resources were not sufficient to cover the usual necessary expenses; whereas in 2019, almost two thirds of the EU population with an activity limitation would have been at risk of poverty without social benefits, allowances or pension1a; _________________ 1aEuropean Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions.

Amendment 43 #

Jordi CAÑAS, Lucia ĎURIŠ NICHOLSONOVÁ, Samira RAFAELA

Draft opinion
Recital C c (new)

Cc. whereas the employment rates of persons with disabilities, especially of women and those with primary education remains unacceptably low;

Amendment 44 #

Milan BRGLEZ, Manuel PIZARRO, Marc ANGEL, Gabriele BISCHOFF, Estrella DURÁ FERRANDIS, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Lina GÁLVEZ MUÑOZ, Aurore LALUCQ, Marianne VIND

Draft opinion
Recital C d (new)

Cd. whereas in 2019, almost 18 million children in the EU (22.2 % of the child population) lived in households at risk of poverty or social exclusion; whereas children with disabilities experience specific disadvantages that make them particularly vulnerable and underscore the importance of guaranteeing free and effective access to early childhood education and care, education and school-based activities, a healthy meal each school day and healthcare, as well as healthy nutrition and adequate housing to children in need;

Amendment 45 #

Jordi CAÑAS, Lucia ĎURIŠ NICHOLSONOVÁ, Samira RAFAELA

Draft opinion
Recital C d (new)

Cd. whereas the COVID-19 crisis and its economic and social consequences has exacerbated existing obstacles and inequalities for people with disabilities; whereas the EU through NextGenerationEU must support a disability-inclusive COVID-19response and recovery;

Amendment 46 #

Milan BRGLEZ, Manuel PIZARRO, Marc ANGEL, Gabriele BISCHOFF, Estrella DURÁ FERRANDIS, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Lina GÁLVEZ MUÑOZ, Aurore LALUCQ, Marianne VIND

Draft opinion
Recital C e (new)

Ce. whereas disability is an evolving concept; whereas disability results from the interaction between persons with impairments and attitudinal and environmental barriers that hinders their full and effective participation in society on an equal basis with others; whereas the different definitions of disability, the diversity of disability assessment and the various and often unclear classification methods applied across Member States, as well as the lack of mutual recognition of disability status, hinder freedom of movement within the EU for persons with disabilities;

Amendment 47 #

Milan BRGLEZ, Manuel PIZARRO, Marc ANGEL, Gabriele BISCHOFF, Estrella DURÁ FERRANDIS, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Lina GÁLVEZ MUÑOZ, Aurore LALUCQ, Marianne VIND

Draft opinion
Recital C f (new)

Cf. whereas persons with disabilities are a diverse group and are often subject to intersectional discrimination, the cumulative effects of which have a tangible impact on employment;

Amendment 48 #

Milan BRGLEZ, Manuel PIZARRO, Marc ANGEL, Gabriele BISCHOFF, Estrella DURÁ FERRANDIS, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Lina GÁLVEZ MUÑOZ, Aurore LALUCQ, Marianne VIND

Draft opinion
Recital D

D. whereas several petitions were submitted in regard to the misuse of EU funds for deinstitutionalisation of persons with disabilities; whereas the progress in deinstitutionalisation is uneven across the Member States and despite the introduction of policies and the allocation of substantial funding in the EU, there are still one million people living in institutions; whereas in February 2021 the European Ombudsman opened an own-initiative inquiry into the role of the Commission in ensuring that Member States use EU funds with a view to promoting independent living for persons with disabilities and older persons, and transitioning away from residential care institutions;

Amendment 49 #

Jordi CAÑAS, Lucia ĎURIŠ NICHOLSONOVÁ, Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Samira RAFAELA

Draft opinion
Recital D

D. whereas several petitions were submitted in regard to the misuse of EU funds for deinstitutionalisation of persons with disabilities; whereas Member States must speed up the process of deinstitutionalisation and the Commission must carefully monitor their progress;

Amendment 5 #

Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas within the EU framework for the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), the Committee on Petitions has a specific role to play in protecting the rights conferred by the CRPD in the Member States, insofar as they are implementing EU law, and more generally in ensuring that the EU institutions uphold these rights, in accordance with Article 33(2) of the CRPD;

Amendment 50 #

Draft opinion
Recital D a (new)

Da. whereas repeatedly in almost all Petitions the argument of limited competences of the EU is brought forward in the answers by the Commission to the Petitioners; whereas in 2008 the Commission presented a proposal to extend beyond employment the protection from discrimination provided by Directive 2000/78 which prohibits discrimination based on disability, age, sexual orientation and religion or belief in the areas of employment and occupation; whereas the new Directive would make the principle of equality applicable to education, to access to goods and services and to social protection, including social security and health care; whereas this proposal has not been adopted yet and has been blocked within the Council for 13 years by now, where unanimity is required for its adoption;

Amendment 51 #

Da. whereas, due to the difficult situation during the COVID-19 crisis, institutions for persons with disabilities and older people, such as day centres or schools have been temporarily closed; whereas in this emergency situation the care of persons with intellectual disabilities has fallen to their family members; whereas petitioners have appealed to the Committee on Petitions regarding the institutions that have remained open, pointing to the difficult health situation, the lack of staff, the lack of protective and disinfectant products and, as a consequence, the high rates of illness and death in these institutions;

Amendment 52 #

Draft opinion
Recital D a (new)

Da. whereas the European Pillar of Social Rights establishes as a guideline, in relation to the inclusion of persons with disabilities, that they have the right to a level of income support that enables them to live in dignity, to services enabling them to participate in the labour market and in society, and to a working environment adapted to their needs (Article 17);

Amendment 53 #

Milan BRGLEZ, Manuel PIZARRO, Marc ANGEL, Gabriele BISCHOFF, Estrella DURÁ FERRANDIS, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Lina GÁLVEZ MUÑOZ, Aurore LALUCQ, Marianne VIND

Draft opinion
Recital D a (new)

Da. whereas COVID-19 pandemic has aggravated the existing inequalities, leading to the disproportionate share of infections and fatalities, as well as greater risk of isolation and social exclusion among the persons with disabilities; whereas persons with disabilities in residential care institutions have been among the most vulnerable and the most negatively affected by the pandemic;

Amendment 54 #

Draft opinion
Recital Δ a (new)

Da. whereas there are various groups of persons with disabilities and some of them, for example women, face additional difficulties and multiple discrimination; whereas different forms of discrimination can lead to social isolation and solitude, psychological trauma and depression;

Amendment 55 #

Draft opinion
Recital D a (new)

Da. whereas the economic crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic poses a serious threat to European economies and the preservation of jobs; whereas people from disadvantaged groups, in particular people with disabilities, have been particularly affected by the pandemic;

Amendment 56 #

Milan BRGLEZ, Manuel PIZARRO, Marc ANGEL, Gabriele BISCHOFF, Estrella DURÁ FERRANDIS, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Lina GÁLVEZ MUÑOZ, Aurore LALUCQ, Marianne VIND

Draft opinion
Recital D b (new)

Db. whereas COVID-19 prevention measures have created new barriers for persons with disabilities and have exacerbated the existing exclusions in all areas of the world of work; whereas persons with disabilities are more likely to lose work and have difficulties finding employment again; whereas COVID-19 has had negative impact on accessibility and inclusiveness of work organization and work arrangements, as well as employment and working conditions of persons with disabilities, and has exposed many persons with disabilities to negative effects of teleworking;

Amendment 57 #

Jordi CAÑAS, Lucia ĎURIŠ NICHOLSONOVÁ, Samira RAFAELA, Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI

Draft opinion
Recital D b (new)

Db. whereas the catalogue of allowances and rights deriving from disability status varies from one Member State to another, as do the entities which define and recognise these rights;

Amendment 58 #

Milan BRGLEZ, Manuel PIZARRO, Marc ANGEL, Gabriele BISCHOFF, Estrella DURÁ FERRANDIS, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Lina GÁLVEZ MUÑOZ, Aurore LALUCQ, Marianne VIND

Draft opinion
Recital D c (new)

Dc. whereas the number of persons with disabilities and persons in need of care and long-term care is expected to grow dramatically also in the EU due, among other factors, to demographic challenges and increase in chronic health conditions; whereas most long-term care is currently provided by informal, usually unpaid, and predominantly female carers; whereas policies for tackling demographic challenges and responding to the growing care and long-term needs should be designed in such a manner that they do not lead to increased pressure on informal carers;

Amendment 59 #

Milan BRGLEZ, Manuel PIZARRO, Marc ANGEL, Gabriele BISCHOFF, Estrella DURÁ FERRANDIS, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Lina GÁLVEZ MUÑOZ, Aurore LALUCQ, Marianne VIND

Draft opinion
Recital D d (new)

Dd. whereas disability is often a result of occupational injury or is acquired through chronic condition related to occupational disease and exposure to health hazards;

Amendment 6 #

Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas the European Parliament does not conduct satisfaction surveys among petitioners, making it difficult to assess the petitions process and its accessibility for persons with disabilities and to draw lessons therefrom; whereas Parliament has not yet developed an index of effectiveness of its petition system nor collected and published statistical data on the treatment of petitions;

Amendment 60 #

Milan BRGLEZ, Manuel PIZARRO, Marc ANGEL, Gabriele BISCHOFF, Estrella DURÁ FERRANDIS, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Lina GÁLVEZ MUÑOZ, Aurore LALUCQ, Marianne VIND

Draft opinion
Recital D e (new)

De. whereas commitment for better inclusion and realization of rights of persons with disabilities should be reflected in all policy fields, including in the European Semester process;

Amendment 61 #

Milan BRGLEZ, Manuel PIZARRO, Marc ANGEL, Gabriele BISCHOFF, Estrella DURÁ FERRANDIS, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Lina GÁLVEZ MUÑOZ, Aurore LALUCQ, Marianne VIND

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Calls on the Commission to ensure that the EU and the Member States to fully comply with the relevant EU and UN obligations on the rights of persons with disabilities, in particular the UN CRPD and the CRPD Committee’s General Comments to the Convention, and with the relevant EU measures and funding rules, and to provide support to them in this regard; calls on the Commission to ensure that the use of Structural funds upholds the rights of persons with disabilities and fully complies with the aims, goals and principles enshrined in the UN CRPD, such as independent living, inter alia by setting up special monitoring and individual complaint system;

Amendment 62 #

Jordi CAÑAS, Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Samira RAFAELA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Calls on the Commission to ensure that the Member States comply with ~~the~~all relevant EU and UN obligations on the rights of persons with disabilities, in particular the UN CRPD and the CRPD Committee’s General Comments to the Convention, and with the relevant EU measures and funding rules, and to provide support to them ~~in this regard~~and their families in this regard; calls for the EU and those Member States who have not yet done so to ratify the Optional Protocol to the UNCRPD; highlights that a social model where disability is mainstreamed across public policies is necessary;

Amendment 63 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Calls on the Commission to ensure that the Member States comply with the relevant EU and UN obligations on the rights of persons with disabilities, in particular the UN CRPD and the CRPD Committee’s General Comments to the Convention, and with the relevant EU measures and funding rules, and to provide support to them and enable exchange of the best practices in this regard;

Amendment 64 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Calls on the ~~Commission~~Member States to ensure that the ~~Member States~~y comply with the relevant ~~EU and UN~~ obligations derived from EU and UN law on the rights of persons with disabilities, insofar as they apply to them, in particular the UN CRPD and the CRPD Committee’s General Comments to the Convention, and with the relevant EU measures and funding rules, and to provide support to them in this regard;

Amendment 65 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

Amendment 66 #

Antonio Maria RINALDI, Elena LIZZI, Mara BIZZOTTO, Gianantonio DA RE, Stefania ZAMBELLI, Simona BALDASSARRE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Points out that the Committee on Petitions plays a specific protection role in ensuring that the EU complies with the United Nations Convention on the Rights for Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD) in policy-making and legislative actions at EU level; in the context of that responsibility, the Committee handles petitions on disability issues, organises debates, thematic workshops and public hearings on the subject, drafts resolutions and reports and carries out field missions;

Amendment 67 #

Milan BRGLEZ, Manuel PIZARRO, Marc ANGEL, Gabriele BISCHOFF, Estrella DURÁ FERRANDIS, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Lina GÁLVEZ MUÑOZ, Aurore LALUCQ, Marianne VIND

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Welcomes the plans of the Commission to examine the functioning of the EU framework for monitoring the implementation of the UN CRPD in 2022 and propose actions on this basis; calls on the Commission to strengthen the EU framework and its independence, above all by ensuring greater involvement and participation of experts, non- governmental organizations, social partners and particularly persons with disabilities themselves, without discrimination to the type of disability or any other personal circumstance;

Amendment 68 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. 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 69 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Stresses that Member States should step up their efforts in providing support for persons with disabilities in the following priority areas: health, education, accessibility, employment and working conditions, independent living, coordination, living conditions, social protection and raising awareness;

Amendment 7 #

Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas the right to petition should be more visible to all; whereas the Committee on Petitions should ensure that EU citizens and residents have sufficient information on this right i. a. through targeted information campaigns with the special focus on vulnerable groups including persons with disabilities;

Amendment 70 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1 a. Urges a swift revision of the Employment Equality Directive with a view to fully harmonising it with the provisions of the UNCRPD and implementing a participatory process aimed at ensuring the direct and full involvement of representative organisations of persons with disabilities;

Amendment 71 #

Radan KANEV

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Calls on the Commission to support Member States to ensure the necessary conditions–on local, regional, and national level – to allow people with disabilities to enjoy their rights to free movement, self-determination and personal choices on equal basis with others;

Amendment 72 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Calls on the Commission, should a new European framework be established as a follow-up to the European Accessibility Act, to draw up a proposal that preserves Member States’ competences on social matters;

Amendment 73 #

Jordi CAÑAS, Lucia ĎURIŠ NICHOLSONOVÁ, Samira RAFAELA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Calls on the Commission to assess if in the PETI Committee mentioned wrong-doing and mentioned missing competences due to a missing legal base, can be approached in future policy making and policy assessment procedures;

Amendment 74 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Stresses the need for Member States to provide primary health care; programmes for the prevention of accidents, including adaptation of workplaces to prevent occupational diseases and injury2a; _________________ 2aKhasnabis C, Heinicke Motsch K, Achu K, et al., editors. Community-Based Rehabilitation: CBR Guidelines. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2010. Prevention. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK 310943/

Amendment 75 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Calls for the full implementation by Member States of Council Directive 2000/78/EC of 27 November 2000 establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation;

Amendment 76 #

Milan BRGLEZ, Manuel PIZARRO, Marc ANGEL, Gabriele BISCHOFF, Estrella DURÁ FERRANDIS, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Lina GÁLVEZ MUÑOZ, Aurore LALUCQ, Marianne VIND

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Stresses that in order to have effective access to justice through the petitions to the European Parliament, persons with disabilities should have access to the necessary support and assistance in drafting and submitting petitions that fulfil the admissibility criteria; calls for a better visibility of the petitions mechanism through more awareness raising, as well as inclusion and participation of persons with disabilities or their representatives in the consideration of petitions;

Amendment 77 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to support Social Economy organisations as they are a lever to boost the creation of decent jobs including for people with disabilities; invites the Commission to develop a crosscutting disability approach and adequate supports within the European Action Plan for the Social Economy;

Amendment 78 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Calls on the EU institutions and the Member States to reaffirm their commitment to realising inclusive equality for persons with disabilities and to fully implement the UNCRPD, including its Article 27 on work and employment;

Amendment 79 #

Jordi CAÑAS, Lucia ĎURIŠ NICHOLSONOVÁ, Samira RAFAELA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)

1c. Urges the European institutions to improve the accessibilities' level and quality in all of their buildings, 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 different Member States, documents in Braille, documents in easy language, among others;

Amendment 8 #

Milan BRGLEZ, Manuel PIZARRO, Marc ANGEL, Gabriele BISCHOFF, Estrella DURÁ FERRANDIS, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Lina GÁLVEZ MUÑOZ, Aurore LALUCQ, Marianne VIND

Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs underlines the significance of petitions pertaining to the rights of persons with disabilities in the light of the European Parliament’s role and responsibilities as a part of the EU framework for monitoring the implementation of UN CRPD;

Amendment 80 #

Milan BRGLEZ, Manuel PIZARRO, Marc ANGEL, Gabriele BISCHOFF, Estrella DURÁ FERRANDIS, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Lina GÁLVEZ MUÑOZ, Aurore LALUCQ, Marianne VIND

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)

1c. Underlines the need for the EU framework for monitoring the implementation of the UN CRPD, including the petitions to the European Parliament, to be based on detailed and disaggregated data, better reflecting the provisions of the UN CRPD and specific issues within the competences of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs;

Amendment 81 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)

1c. Highlights that job-matching, vocational profiling, concurrent employment and training, in-work induction and training support, as well as career development opportunities play an important role in persons with disabilities securing and retaining paid employment;

Amendment 82 #

Milan BRGLEZ, Manuel PIZARRO, Marc ANGEL, Gabriele BISCHOFF, Estrella DURÁ FERRANDIS, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Lina GÁLVEZ MUÑOZ, Aurore LALUCQ, Marianne VIND

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 d (new)

1d. Underlines the importance of active involvement and participation of persons with disabilities, their representative organizations, social partners and all other relevant stakeholders in the implementation and monitoring of the Strategy for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2021-2030, national disability strategies and recovery and resilience plans after the COVID-19 pandemic;

Amendment 83 #

Jordi CAÑAS, Lucia ĎURIŠ NICHOLSONOVÁ, Samira RAFAELA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 d (new)

1d. Recalls that Parliament has asked the Member States to examine the introduction of quotas for persons with disabilities to foster inclusive workplaces; invites Member States and the EU institutions to lead by example by introducing them in their administrations;

Amendment 84 #

Milan BRGLEZ, Manuel PIZARRO, Marc ANGEL, Gabriele BISCHOFF, Estrella DURÁ FERRANDIS, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Lina GÁLVEZ MUÑOZ, Aurore LALUCQ, Marianne VIND

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 e (new)

1e. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to step up their efforts in tackling the persisting disability employment gap and to foster access of persons with disabilities to quality and sustainable jobs; welcomes in this regard the proposal of the Commission in the European Pillar of Social Rights Action Plan to include the disability employment gap in the revised social scoreboard;

Amendment 85 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 e (new)

1e. Urges Member States to develop national action plans that address the shortcomings in the access to public safety-related information, distance and online learning, personal assistance, care and support services for people with disabilities;

Amendment 86 #

Milan BRGLEZ, Manuel PIZARRO, Marc ANGEL, Gabriele BISCHOFF, Estrella DURÁ FERRANDIS, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Lina GÁLVEZ MUÑOZ, Aurore LALUCQ, Marianne VIND

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 f (new)

1f. Calls on the Member States to take an intersectional approach, especially in their policies and measures for creating inclusive employment; regrets that multiple and intersectional discrimination are insufficiently addressed in the Strategy for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2021-2030; calls therefore on the Commission to place special emphasis on intersectionality in the implementation of the Strategy and to set clear, measurable and ambitious targets relating to workplace diversity reflecting the heterogeneity of persons with disabilities, to address multiple and intersectional discrimination; stresses the importance of monitoring the efficiency of the strategy with the involvement of persons with disabilities and their representative organisations;

Amendment 87 #

Jordi CAÑAS, Lucia ĎURIŠ NICHOLSONOVÁ, Samira RAFAELA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 f (new)

1f. Invites the Commission to ensure that the design of the Europass Digital Credentials Infrastructure is accessible to all individuals; regrets the very limited attention paid to the needs of persons with disabilities in the Final Report on a European Approach to Micro-credentials published by the Commission’s Higher Education Consultation Group; calls on the Commission to ensure that the upcoming EU approach to micro- credentials for lifelong learning and employability is accessible and reflects on how to improve the employability of persons with disabilities;

Amendment 88 #

Milan BRGLEZ, Manuel PIZARRO, Marc ANGEL, Gabriele BISCHOFF, Estrella DURÁ FERRANDIS, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Lina GÁLVEZ MUÑOZ, Aurore LALUCQ, Marianne VIND

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 g (new)

1g. Calls on the Member States to support employment services and raise awareness of inclusive employment practices in the open labour market, such as adapted recruitment procedures, job carving, customised, flexible and supported employment, job sharing, individual placement and support, and inclusive enterprises, and put in place adequate incentives and support measures for companies that recruit persons with disabilities; calls on the Member States to promote corporate social responsibility concerning the employment of persons of disabilities and support social economy organisations which reinvest their profits in social goals; points to inclusive education and vocational training programmes as one of the key prerequisites for a more inclusive labour market;

Amendment 89 #

Jordi CAÑAS, Lucia ĎURIŠ NICHOLSONOVÁ, Samira RAFAELA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 g (new)

1g. Calls on the Member States to use incentives and financial support for micro and small and medium enterprises that recruit and train persons with disabilities, as well as to ensure that general self- employment schemes are accessible to and supportive of persons with disabilities;

Amendment 9 #