56 Amendments of Michal ŠIMEČKA related to 2022/2026(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2
Citation 2
— having regard to the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, in particular Articles 3, 6, 14, 15, 21, 24, 26, 34, 35, 40, 41 and 47 thereof,
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Citation 4 a (new)
Citation 4 a (new)
— having regard to the UN's 2030 agenda and SDGs, in particular Goals 1, 8 and 10,
Amendment 11 #
— having regard to the report “Real rights of persons with disabilities to vote in European Parliament elections” of the European Economic and Social Committee of 20191a, _________________ 1a https://www.eesc.europa.eu/sites/default/fi les/files/qe-02-19-153-en-n.pdf
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 a (new)
Citation 12 a (new)
— having regard to the General comment No. 5 (2017) on living independently and being included in the community by the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities,1b _________________ 1b http://docstore.ohchr.org/SelfServices/Fil esHandler.ashx?enc=6QkG1d%2FPPRiC AqhKb7yhsnbHatvuFkZ%2Bt93Y3D%2B aa2q6qfzOy0vc9Qie3KjjeH3GA0srJgyP8I RbCjW%2FiSqmYQHwGkfikC7stLHM9Y x54L8veT5tSkEU6ZD3ZYxFwEgh
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 18 a (new)
Citation 18 a (new)
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 19 a (new)
Citation 19 a (new)
— having regard to the Directive (EU) 2018/1808 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 November 2018 amending Directive 2010/13/EU on the coordination of certain provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action in Member States concerning the provision of audiovisual media services (Audiovisual Media Services Directive) in view of changing market realities1d, _________________ 1d https://eur- lex.europa.eu/eli/dir/2018/1808/oj
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 19 b (new)
Citation 19 b (new)
— having regard to the Commission recommendation (EU) 2019/786 of 8 May 2019 on building renovation1e, _________________ 1e https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal- content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:3201 9H0786&from=GA
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 26 a (new)
Citation 26 a (new)
— having regard to the Council conclusions of 5 December 2019 on inclusive labour markets: Improving the employment of people in a vulnerable position in the labour market1f, _________________ 1f https://data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/docu ment/ST-14646-2019-INIT/en/pdf
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 41 a (new)
Citation 41 a (new)
— having regard to its resolution 2022/2618(RSP)) adopted on 7 April 20221g, _________________ 1g https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/doc ument/TA-9-2022-0120_EN.html
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Citation 14 a (new)
Citation 14 a (new)
— having regard to Eurofound's publication (2021) Disability and labour market integration: Policy trends and support in EU Member States,
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 41 b (new)
Citation 41 b (new)
— having regard to the mission conducted by the ad hoc delegation of the European Parliament to the Conference of state parties to the convention on the rights of persons with disabilities (COSP) between 14 - 16 June 2022 in New York on behalf of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs, the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs and the Committee on Petitions,
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Citation 14 b (new)
Citation 14 b (new)
— having regard to Eurofound's publication (2022) People with disabilities and the COVID-19 pandemic: Findings from the Living, working andCOVID-19 e-survey,
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
Citation 14 c (new)
Citation 14 c (new)
— having regard to Eurofound's publication (2018) The social and employment situation of people with disabilities,
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas according to the European Disability Forum’s European Human Rights Report of 2022, a number of EU Member States automatically remove political rights of persons placed under total or partial guardianship; whereas this is in clear contradiction to article 39 and 40 of the Charter of the Fundamental Rights of the European Union1h; _________________ 1h https://www.edf- feph.org/content/uploads/2022/05/edf_hr_ report_issue_6_2022_compressed.pdf
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)
Recital D b (new)
Db. whereas according to the EU's strategy for the rights of Persons with Disabilities 2021-2030, more than 1 million children and adults with disabilities below the age of 65 years old and more than 2 million aged 65 years and older live in institutions;
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D c (new)
Recital D c (new)
Dc. whereas according to the EU's strategy for the rights of Persons with Disabilities 2021-2030, 50.8 % of persons with disabilities are in employment, as compared to 75 % without disabilities;
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D d (new)
Recital D d (new)
Dd. whereas according to the EU's strategy for the rights of Persons with Disabilities 2021-2030, the evaluation of the Disability Strategy 2010-2020 “identified employment as one of the five top policy priorities for future actions.”;
Amendment 67 #
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas between 70 and 90% of adults with autism are unemployed1a; _________________ 1a Autism-Europe’s presentation to the European Parliament’s Committee on Employment and Social Affairs on 5 November 2019, retrieved here: https://www.autismeurope.org/wp- content/uploads/2019/11/presentation_em ployment_autism_final2.pptx.pdf
Amendment 69 #
Draft opinion
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas the EU, its institutions and its Member States are party to the UNCRPD and are obliged to fully implement the fundamental rights therein, including Article 27 on work and employment; whereas the rights enshrined in the UNCRPD are far from a reality for millions of persons with disabilities in the EU;
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D e (new)
Recital D e (new)
De. whereas according to the EU's strategy for the rights of Persons with Disabilities 2021-2030, approximately 87 million persons having some form of disability in the EU;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D f (new)
Recital D f (new)
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D g (new)
Recital D g (new)
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D h (new)
Recital D h (new)
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D i (new)
Recital D i (new)
Di. whereas according to its resolution 2022/2618(RSP)) adopted in April 2022, more than 100 000 children live in institutional care and boarding schools in Ukraine, and half of them have disabilities; whereas this points to a great need of the Union of providing those children who fled the war with extra support to accommodate their needs1m; _________________ 1m https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/doc ument/TA-9-2022-0120_EN.html
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D j (new)
Recital D j (new)
Dj. Whereas VET:s, as referred to in Council Recommendation (2020/C 417/01), can serve as a useful tool for labour market integration and social inclusion of persons with disabilities, particularly through apprenticeships1n; _________________ 1n https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal- content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A32020 H1202%2801%29
Amendment 79 #
Draft opinion
Recital B c (new)
Recital B c (new)
Bc. whereas Eurofound research shows that between 2011 and 2016 the gap in third-level education between persons with and without disabilities widened – from 7% to 9%;
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Believes that the right to live independently and to be included in the community can only be guaranteed if alternatives to institutions are developed at EU and national levels; calls on the Commission and the Member States to phase out institutional care for persons with disabilities as soon as possible, as set out in General Comment no. 5 by the CRPD committee and to bring about a shift from institutional and other segregational settings to a system enabling social participation where services are provided in a community according to individual will and preference, including community-based care, as suggested by the European Commission in the European Disability Strategy 2010-20; emphasises that access to the labour market is essential to enable persons with disabilities to live an independent life and participate fully in society;
Amendment 81 #
Draft opinion
Recital B d (new)
Recital B d (new)
Bd. whereas Eurofound research reveals that key obstacles to the employment of people with disabilities include disability-related stereotypes, bureaucratic difficulties in accessing available services, lack of strategic vision in governance, insufficient monitoring of policy implementation, limited training resources for employers and lack of specialist support;
Amendment 86 #
Draft opinion
Recital B e (new)
Recital B e (new)
Be. whereas Eurofound research shows that entrepreneurship and self- employment support in the form of guidance, training and financial aid can provide opportunities for people with disabilities to be active in the open labour market, disincentivising their sole reliance on disability benefits, but emphasises that such support needs to be well targeted and adequately resourced;
Amendment 90 #
Draft opinion
Recital B f (new)
Recital B f (new)
Bf. whereas Eurofound's research shows that during the pandemic on average 71% of respondents with disabilities were at risk of depression and 25% of respondents with disabilities indicated that they could not access mental healthcare, which was twice as high as compared to those without disabilities; whereas return-to-work plans are critical for workers suffering from mental ill-health;
Amendment 95 #
Draft opinion
Recital B g (new)
Recital B g (new)
Bg. whereas Eurofound shows that lockdowns and restrictions of the COVID- 19 pandemic particularly affected young persons with disabilities aged 18 to 29, as 57% of respondents reported feeling lonely, 23% more than young people without disabilities;
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Urges the Commission to improve its monitoring on the use of EU funds, including considering the suspension, withdrawal and recovery of payments if the obligation to respect fundamental rights is breached; stresses that segregational settings and small group homes, such as institutional homes, should not be financed with EU funds;
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on those EU Member States who have not yet signed and ratified the optional protocol of the Convention on the rights of persons with disabilities to do so;
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Exhorts the Commission and the Member States to raise awareness and carry out clearly structured consultations with the participation and involvement of the peoplersons directly affected in order to acquire a real understanding of disabilities at all levels of society;
Amendment 125 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to fully implement and mainstream the UNCRPD across all legislative, policy and funding measures, in particular as regards persons with disabilities’ social and labour market inclusion; calls for the EU and the Member States to ratify the Optional Protocol to the UNCRPD;
Amendment 133 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Calls on the Commission to conduct a cross-cutting, comprehensive review, and where necessary revise, all relevant EU legislation with a view to ensuring its full CRPD compliance in particular as regards accessibility of the built and digital environment and reasonable accommodation in employment;
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Denounces the fact that some groups of persons with disabilities are at greater risk of being the victim of any kind of violence, such as women and girls, children, elderly peoplersons, homeless peoplersons, detainees, migrants and refugees, Roma people and LGBTIQ+ peoplersons; calls on the Commission and the Member States to address the specific challenges, rights and needs of these peoplersons through specialised measures to ensure access to victim support services and protection and to remove barriers to reporting violence;
Amendment 135 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Calls on the Council, in particular its upcoming Presidencies, to unblock negotiations on the horizontal anti- discrimination directive as it is a prerequisite to achieving equality in the EU;
Amendment 136 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 d (new)
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1d. Stresses the importance of involving persons with disabilities and their representative organisations in the development and implementation of all measures effecting them; stresses the importance of mainstreaming disability considerations in the workplace and the role of social dialogue and trainings for employers in this regard;
Amendment 143 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Believes that income- and disability-related assistance are complementary in promoting the effective participation of persons with disabilities in the labour market; calls, therefore, on Member States to unbundle income- and disability-related assistance10 in order to cover additional disability-related costs, combat in-work poverty and ensure their equality, dignity and autonomy; _________________ 10 UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities, ‘Report of the Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities’, presented to the 70th session of the UN General Assembly, August 2015.
Amendment 148 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses that persons with disabilities should enjoy their right to free movement in the EU on an equal basis with others and calls for a harmonised definition of disability to facilitate their education, training and employment opportunities across borders; calls on Member States to facilitate persons with disabilities’ export of their disability benefits and entitlements, including support services where relevant, to further foster this right; calls on the Commission and Member States to deliver on their commitments under the EU Disability Strategy, in particular the promised European Disability Card ensuring disability status is recognised in all Member States as soon as possible;
Amendment 151 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Recalls that Article19 of the CRPD provides for the equal right of persons with disabilities to live independently and be included in the community; urges Member State, with the support of the Commission, to accelerate the deinstitutionalisation process and foster the transition to community-based care and support; stresses that EU funds should be used to promote inclusivity and accessibility and should be immediately discontinued where they support the institutionalisation of persons with disabilities;
Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls on the Commission to set up a programme for financing the coverage of judicial proceedings related to court trials where governments of the Member States stand accused of discrimination of persons with disabilities; suggests that said financing should be taken from the existing financial framework of the ESF+ fund;
Amendment 157 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Recalls that persons with disabilities often work in sheltered employment; believes that such workshops should aim to foster skills development and support transitions to the open labour market; insists that persons with disabilities working in such environments should be protected by existing legal frameworks covering social protection and working conditions including minimum wage protection on an equal basis with others in line with Article 27 of the CRPD;
Amendment 167 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Deplores the fact that according to the 2019 report “Real rights of persons with disabilities to vote in European Parliament elections” of the European Economic and Social Committee, about 800 000 EU-citizens were unable to use their right to vote in the EU-elections; calls upon the European Parliament, the Council of the EU and the Commission to amend the electoral law of the elections to the European Parliament in a way that obliges all Member States to adapt voting stations to accommodate the needs of people with disabilities in order to render them fully able to cast their vote in the European Parliament elections;
Amendment 169 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that teleworking could help increase the employment of persons with disabilities as a form of disability accommodation and a tool to achieve greater work-life balance and reduce pain- and fatigue-related barriers to the labour market; cautions, however, against the use of teleworking by employers to avoid making reasonable accommodations or creating inclusive workplace cultures for workers with disabilities11 ; highlights that future telework policies should be developed with a disability rights perspective and involve persons with disabilities in their design; _________________ 11 Schur, L.A., Ameri, M. & Kruse, D. ‘Telework After COVID: A ‘Silver Lining’ for Workers with Disabilities?’, J Occup Rehabil 30, pp. 521–536, 6 November 2020. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10926-020- 09936-5
Amendment 170 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11b. Calls on the designated electoral authorities of the Member States to collect data on the accessibility of voting stations, including indications of whether they are adapted or not to accommodate the needs of people with disabilities and to report this to the Commission, the Council and the European Parliament at latest one year after an election to the European Parliament has been held;
Amendment 171 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 6
Subheading 6
The need for an implementation plan for disability-inclusive disastercrisis risk management at EU level
Amendment 172 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Commission to strengthen the participation of persons with disabilities and their representative organisations in the decision-making process for the design, management, resourcing and implementation of policies and programmes on disaster risk reduction; calls for the mainstreaming of the perspectives of persons with disabilities into the Union’s crisis management response;
Amendment 181 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Strongly believes that the EU Disability Card should be based on binding EU legislationpresented as a directive providing minimum requirements for accessibility of persons with disabilities and should cover a range of different areas beyond culture, leisure and sport; stresses that the Disability Card should also, by default, covebe usable for national, regional and local public transport, have a dedicated EU website and online database available in all EU languages, and be supported by an EU funding instrument that ensures continuity and a lasting legacy beyond the initial launchofficial EU languages, calls on the management of the implementation of the EU disability card to be funded within the current financial framework of the ESF+ fund;
Amendment 185 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. ECalls on Member States to provide tailored support for people with disabilities as regards access to skills development, VET and employment to ensure inclusive active labour market policies; encourages public employment services to roll out personalised measures to improve the employability and retention of persons with disabilities in the labour market; calls on Member States to provide guidance, training and financial aid to support entrepreneurship and self- employment for persons with disabilities.;
Amendment 186 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the Commission to take measures to facilitate access to and the enjoyment of inclusive, quality education for all students with disabilities in line with the CRPD and include disability-specific indicators from the Europe 2020 strategy when pursuing the education target; emphasises the importance of ensuring equal access to education in class rooms for pupils and students, regardless of whether they have a disability or not;
Amendment 199 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Emphasises the need to protect persons with disabilities from discrimination by the use of artificial intelligence in recruitment, selection, promotion and termination decisions in employment;
Amendment 203 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Amendment 215 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Calls on the Commission to assess thoroughly the employment and pay gap rate of persons with disabilities in different types of employment, including sheltered employment, by providing data disaggregated by gender and impairment and ensure qualitative analysis;
Amendment 218 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 d (new)
Paragraph 4 d (new)
4d. Calls on Member States to support on-the-job training and mentoring in the workplace for persons with disabilities; stresses that measures to improve persons with disabilities’ inclusion and employment will not be truly effective without also tackling disability-related stereotypes and stigma in the workplace and wider society; in this regard stresses the importance of awareness raising and training for educators, employers and colleagues as well as the general public to tackle ableism, shift mindsets and ensure truly inclusive societies;