26 Amendments of Alexis GEORGOULIS related to 2020/2209(INI)
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital O a (new)
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 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
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 violaensure 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 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)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
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 inclusiveequal societies;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
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 inclusiveequal environment with fully accessible public spaces, services, including public transport, communication and financial services, and the built environment;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
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 possiblein 2022 at the latest;
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
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 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
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 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
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 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
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 76 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
Paragraph 16 b (new)
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
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 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
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 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
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 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
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 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
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 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 b (new)
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)
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)
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
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 disabilitieemerging technologies on persons with disabilities, such as the case of LED lights on photosensitive persons;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
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;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 b (new)
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 103 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
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 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
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 111 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 b (new)
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;