Activities of Stefania ZAMBELLI related to 2022/2026(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Towards equal rights for persons with disabilities (debate)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION towards equal rights for persons with disabilities
Amendments (17)
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Urges the Commission to step up its efforts to meet the needs of PwD, such as those expressed in Parliament’s resolutions of 7 October 2021 entitled ‘Protection of PwD with disabilities through petitions: lessons learnt’3 and of 8 July 2020 on the rights of persons with intellectual disabilities in the COVID-19 crisis4; whereas, in particular, the pandemic has exacerbated inequalities between people with and without disabilities; _________________ 3 Texts adopted, P9_TA(2021)0414. 4 OJ C 371, 15.9.2021, p. 6.
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. UrgesCalls on the Member States to improve the accessibility of buildings, transport and communication, including web accessibility, in order to remove physical, digital, logistical and social barriers in all areas, and recalls that the Member States mustshould speed up the transposition of the European Accessibility Act10 ; _________________ 10 Petitions Nos 0954/2019, 1491/2020,1135/21 and 1213/2021.
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Urges the Member States to improve the accessibility of buildings, transport and communication, including web accessibility, in order to remove physical, digital, logistical and social barriers in all areas, and recalls that the Member States must speed up the transposition of the European Accessibility Act10; points out, further, that EU funds should never be used to finance inaccessible products, services or infrastructure; _________________ 10 Petitions Nos 0954/2019, 1491/2020,1135/21 and 1213/2021.
Amendment 62 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recalls, in this respect, that the COVID-19 crisis has fostered remote work, which could provide for wider access to employment for PwD, and urgescalls on the Member States to take serious measures to tackle unemployment and the payment gap11 ; _________________ 11 Petitions Nos 0608/2020, 1139/2021, 0226/21 and 0070/2022.
Amendment 64 #
5. Recalls, in this respect, that the COVID-19 crisis has fostered remote work, which could provide for wider access to employment for PwD, and urges the Member States to take serious measures to tackle unemployment and the payment gap11; recalls, further, the low employment and occupation levels for persons with disabilities, standing at 50.6% in comparison with 74.8% for those without disabilities; condemns all forms of discrimination against persons with disabilities in the workplace; calls on the Member States and the Commission to enforce policies designed to prevent cases of disability-based harassment; calls, further, on the Member States, in cooperation with employers, to enforce polices to prevent cyberbullying of persons with disabilities in the workplace; _________________ 11 Petitions Nos 0608/2020, 1139/2021, 0226/21 and 0070/2022.
Amendment 79 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Underlines that children with disabilities, including those with intellectual disabilities, have the right to inclusive education on the same footing as other children, including the possibility to access mainstream schools, as stipulated in Article 24 CRPD, and considers that accessible digital tools should be designed and used where possible12; laments, what is more, the fact that, during the pandemic, remote learning has deprived them of those fundamental activities; hopes that priority will be given to their education in the reopening policies in the Member States; _________________ 12 Petitions Nos 0956/2018 and 1340/2020.
Amendment 91 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Highlights that PwD are exposed to discrimination most frequently, in particular those with intellectual, psychosocial and mental disabilities, and women and girls, migrants and members of the LGBTIQ community with disabilities; calls, in this respect, for anti- discrimination legisl; stresses, in this regard, the need for EU and national policies and strategies to strongly support persons with disabilities, who often have advanced skills and qualifications to protect the rights of PwD and for the horizohat are not valued, preventing them, ultimately, from realising their full potential Anti- Discrimination Directive to be unblocked in the Council14; _________________ 14 Petitions Nos 0164/2020 and 0226/2021.and denying society the social and economic value;
Amendment 92 #
8. Highlights that all PwD are exposed to discrimination most frequently, in particular those with intellectual, psychosocial and mental disabilities, and women and girls, migrants and members of the LGBTIQ community with disabilities; calls, in this respect, for anti- discrimination legislation to protect the rights of PwD and for the horizontal Anti- Discrimination Directive to be unblocked in the Council14 ; _________________ 14 Petitions Nos 0164/2020 and 0226/2021.all PwD;
Amendment 113 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Recognises the many areas of application concerning the EU Disability Card, as adopted in some Member States, in terms of both discrimination-free access to many services and of safety in times of danger and emergency; hopes, therefore, with a view to mutual recognition of disability status, that it is swiftly introduced in every Member State.
Amendment 121 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls on Member States to implement good practices to de- institutionalise the mental health sector and encourage respect for all persons with disabilities, including children, to strengthen the transition from institutional care to services that provide support to the community, and to promote and guarantee funding for accessible and inclusive social housing for those with disabilities, including older people with disabilities;
Amendment 175 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Notes that the acceleration in the use of information and communication technologies and remote working as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic has created new forms of inclusion/exclusion in the labour market, improving opportunities for work for some but increasing the risk of exclusion for others; calls, therefore, for attention to be paid to the opportunities and, above all, the risks created by remote ways of working and ICT-based mobile working for persons with disabilities, and the digital divide;
Amendment 179 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Considers it vital for data to be collected on disabilities at EU level using a human rights-based approach, including employment, education and vocational training, disaggregated by sex, age and type of disability, as these have to date been excluded from the statistics;
Amendment 191 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on Member States to set targets for the participation of adults with disabilities in learning with a view to increasing their participation and ensuring that national skills strategies cover the specific needs of persons with disabilities, adopting targeted measures and flexible training formats to provide educational and vocational training programmes that are inclusive and accessible for persons with disabilities and to further support cooperation between the relevant social economy stakeholders, the identification of digital skills requirements and the application of assistive technologies for better employability;
Amendment 204 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Calls on Member States to boost the capacities of services for the employment of persons with disabilities and to improve work with the social partners and organisations of persons with disabilities to that end and to facilitate self-employment and entrepreneurship, including for persons with intellectual and psycho-social disabilities, providing support on legal and commercial issues, including through the use of EU funds;
Amendment 214 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Calls on Member States to define measures to further tackle gaps in social protection for persons with disabilities to reduce inequalities, including by compensating extra costs linked to disability and eligibility for disability benefits.
Amendment 223 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 d (new)
Paragraph 4 d (new)
4d. 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 228 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 e (new)
Paragraph 4 e (new)
4e. Notes that there is no mutual recognition of disability status between EU Member States; calls, therefore, on the Commission and Member States to extend the usage of the EU Disability Card to all the Member States and to widen its scope, allowing it to be used for the recognition of disability status and to access services throughout the EU;