Activities of Anne-Sophie PELLETIER related to 2022/2026(INI)
Plenary speeches (3)
Towards equal rights for persons with disabilities (debate)
Towards equal rights for persons with disabilities (debate)
Towards equal rights for persons with disabilities (debate)
Reports (1)
REPORT Towards equal rights for persons with disabilities
Amendments (41)
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 a (new)
Citation 8 a (new)
— having regard to the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women,
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 9
Citation 9
— having regard to UN Sustainable Development Goal targets 3.4, 10.2 and 11.7,
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 16 a (new)
Citation 16 a (new)
— having regard to Regulation (EU) 2021/818 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2021 establishing the Creative Europe Programme (2021 to 2027) and repealing Regulation (EU) No 1295/20131a, _________________ 1a OJ L 189, 28.5.2021, p. 34-60.
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 34 a (new)
Citation 34 a (new)
— having regard to its resolution of 20 October 2021 on the situation of artists and the cultural recovery in the EU2a, _________________ 2a OJ C 184, 5.5.2022, p. 88–98.
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas in several resolutions, the European Parliament has monitored, promoted and called for the full implementation of the CRPD, as well as to raise awareness on the rights therein; whereas the European Parliament has also stressed the need to ratify the Optional Protocol to the CRPD both by the Member States that have not yet done so and by the EU, as it is an avenue that offers opportunity to review individual or systemic cases of discrimination;
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the EU institutions are lacking a structuredmust do more to ensure the accessibility of their processes for consulting persons with disabilities and their representative organisations; both in terms of the digital accessibility of online platforms, the timeframes given for feedback and ensuring input is sought at stages in the legislative process where input can still make a difference; whereas transparency about how this input is processed and reflected in the final proposals is still lacking;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas persons with disabilities whose legal capacity has been denied or limited are unable to benefit from EU rights such asmay not be able to exercise their fundamental rights including the right to a fair trialccess justice, to vote and stand for election, to decide where to live and to sign any kind of contract;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas cultural creators - such as authors, performers and artists - with disabilities have more difficult access to professional and non-professional artistic and cultural activities as well as fewer opportunities to develop long-term careers in the cultural and creative sectors; whereas they are often excluded from policy and funding in the cultural and creative sectors as the result of a lack of account being taken, for example, of restricted mobility or the challenges posed by bureaucratic funding procedures; whereas the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has further exacerbated the already existing obstacles;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas in 14 Member States, persons with disabilities under total or partial guardianship are denied the right to vote; whereas in only seven Member States, they can exercise their right to stand as candidates to the European Parliament; whereas many accessibility barriers still prevent persons with disabilities from participating in the elections;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)
Recital D b (new)
Db. whereas EU legislation on gender equality do not fully take into account the rights and needs of women with disabilities, who continue to face higher risk of violence and discrimination than other women, and are exposed to human rights abuses such as forced sterilisation;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D c (new)
Recital D c (new)
Dc. whereas the basis of an accessible and handicap inclusive Europe is a Union whose Member States all recognise the disability status of a person, and permit her to fully enjoy her freedom of movement;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D d (new)
Recital D d (new)
Dd. whereas a very limited reliable and disaggregated data on persons with disabilities is available at EU level;
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D e (new)
Recital D e (new)
De. whereas the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 reflects a human rights-based sustainable development agenda inclusive of and accessible to persons with disabilities and requires all disaster risk reduction policies to integrate a disability perspective and promotes inclusive risk-informed decision-making based on the dissemination of information disaggregated by disability;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D f (new)
Recital D f (new)
Df. whereas EU still struggles to take into account the rights and needs of persons with disabilities in its health policies, such as the COVID-19 related policies, the Mental Health strategies and the European Beating Cancer Plan;
Amendment 83 #
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 bring about a shift from institutional and other segregationaled settings to a system enabling social participation where services are provided in an accessible community according to individual needs, will and preference;
Amendment 95 #
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 segregationaled settings and small group homes should not be financed with EU funds, and that these should always consider accessibility for persons with disabilities;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on the Member States to take due account of the unique situation of authors, performers and artists with disabilities in the development of all relevant policies, funding programmes and activities, and to remove all obstacles to ensuring equal rights and equal chances for all persons in the cultural and creative sectors, in particular by introducing measures which enable the equal access, participation and representation of all cultural creators;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on the Commission and Eurostat to address the major gaps in availability, reliability and comparability of data relating to the living conditions of persons with disabilities in Europe, including ensuring that EU-wide statistics have data disaggregated by the types of disability and include persons living in institutions;
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Welcomes the own-initiative inquiry of the European Ombudsman into how the Commission monitors EU funds used to promote the right of persons with disabilities and older persons to independent living; highlights that in the conclusions, the European Ombudsman calls on the Commission to provide clearer guidance to Member States and to its own staff about the need to promote deinstitutionalisation and how this can be achieved in the context of the use of EU funds;
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Reiterates the call on the Commission to ensure regular review of the Disability Strategy with a clearly defined role for the EU CRPD Framework and to systematically and actively involve persons with disabilities and their representative organisations at Union and national levels in such a review;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Welcomes the relevant work of the European Ombudsman, as part of the EU CRPD framework, aimed at protecting, promoting and monitoring the EU administration’s implementation of the CRPD;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Urges the forthcoming Council to unblock the COM/2008/0426 proposal for a horizontal directive on equal treatment and ensure that discrimination in all aspects on the grounds of disability is prohibited, including multiple and intersectional discrimination; stresses the primordial need for concrete measures to promote the adoption of the horizontal directive and alternative legislative measures if that directive is not unblocked;
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to collect disaggregated and reliable data and statistics in order to develop appropriate and effective policies to ensure an accessible and equal society for all persons with disabilities in the EU;
Amendment 129 #
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 discrimination and violence, such as women and girls, children, eolderly people, homeless peoplepeople experiencing homelessness, detainees, migrants and refugees, ethnic minorities including Roma people and, LGBTIQ+ people; calls on the Commission and the Member States to address the specific challenges, rights and needs of these people through specialistargeted measures to ensure access to justice, to victim support services and protection and to remove barriers to reporting discrimination and violence;
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Welcomes the European Commission proposal of a Directive to combat violence against women and domestic violence, and considers it an opportunity to further address and combat gender-based violence faced by persons with disabilities, including to criminalise forced sterilisation in the EU and ensure suitable support to victims with disabilities;
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Urges the Council to urgently conclude the EU ratification of the Istanbul Convention on the basis of a broad accession without any limitations, and to advocate its ratification by all the Member States;
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to take adequate measures to eliminate the barriers faced by persons with disabilities in accessing justice, by addressing the lack of awareness about disabilities among criminal justice services, including allocating adequate funding for training to justice personnel, for improving the accessibility of the information and providing support to victims with disabilities;
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls on the Commission and Eurostat to provide robust data and comprehensive research about the impact of restrictions of legal capacity on the lives of persons with disabilities, including persons with psychosocial disabilities;
Amendment 158 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Urges Member States to reform the European Electoral Law as well as any relevant national law to ensure all persons with disabilities, including those deprived from legal capacity, can vote and stand as candidate to elections on an equal basis with others; calls the Commission, particularly with a view to the next European elections in 2024, to work with the Member States to guarantee the rights of persons with disabilities to vote and stand as a candidate to vote independently and in secret;
Amendment 166 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Strongly believes that breaking down barriers by promoting and adopting every possible alternative languageaccessibility measures and specific communication formats, such as easy-to- read language, Braille and sign language, would be a major step towards enabling persons with disabilities to genuinely participate in political and public life;
Amendment 168 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Calls on the Commission to further enhance and promote inclusive elements of the Creative Europe programme in order to increase cultural participation across the Union on the way towards a more inclusive society, in particular with regards to people with disabilities, encouraging their active participation in creative processes as well as audience development;
Amendment 169 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Considers that persons with disabilities leadership should be further enhanced through greater investment in organizations of persons with disabilities (OPDs/DPOs) to facilitate their meaningful participation and influence on decision-making;
Amendment 176 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Underlines that EU policies and programs must be supported by disaggregated evidence base and data; highlights the need to support and fund research and to better understand disaster impacts on and the coping capacity of persons with disabilities;
Amendment 180 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Strongly believes that the EU Disability Card should be based on binding EU legislation and should cover a range of different areas beyond culture, leisure and sport; stresses that the Disability Card should also, by default, cover national, regional and local public services, such as transport, have a dedicated EU website and online accessible database available in all EU languages, and be supported by an EU funding instrument that ensures continuity and a lasting legacy beyond the initial launch; highlights that a particular attention should be given to service accessibility for children with disability;
Amendment 184 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Strongly believes that persons with disabilities and their representative organizations have to be closely involved for the implementation and communication around the EU Disability Card; considers that this firstly requires an exam of the existing legislations and policies, must be backed up by a strong awareness-raising process, must be followed by specific impact analyses based on disaggregated data, and must lead to concrete implementation measures;
Amendment 185 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 8
Subheading 8
Promoting mainstream inclusive educational settings and ensuring quality and accessible healthcare
Amendment 187 #
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 studentlearners with disabilities, including for e-learning and lifelong learning, in line with the CRPD and include disability- specific indicators from the Europe 2020 strategy when pursuing the education target;
Amendment 193 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Urges the Commission and the Member States to take swift action to ensure that persons with disabilities, including psychosocial disabilities, are provided with the same range, quality and standards of free or affordable healthcare and programmes that are provided to other persons, including access to sexual and reproductive health services and initiatives under the EU Beating Cancer Plan;
Amendment 195 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Strongly recommends that EU funds support the development of disability inclusive cancer services in the Member States; suggests the Commission to consider the development of accessibility standards for screening equipment;
Amendment 196 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)
Paragraph 17 b (new)
17b. Considers that accessible public health campaigns and communication on cancer prevention, screening and treatment must include persons with disabilities and be disseminated in various accessible formats, such as sign language, Braille and Easy to Read;
Amendment 197 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls on the Member States to guarantee the continuity of care and support, which often stops after schooling, causing adifficulties to make the transition to the labour market, breaks in employment supportaccess opportunities and in capacity to live independently;