44 Amendments of Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ related to 2010/2272(INI)
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas as full citizens, people with disabilities (both physical and psycho- social disabilities) have equal rights and are entitled to unquestionable dignity, equal treatment, independent living and full participation in society,
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas over 80 million people or around 16 % of the European Union's total working population are disabled – including people with autism – and whereas the rate of unemployment remains unacceptably high, since, being twice as high as among people without disabilities, it can cause poverty and social exclusion,
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
E a. whereas access to information and culture play a vital role in intellectual development of young people including people with disabilities,
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)
Recital E b (new)
E b. whereas access to information has been explicitly confirmed in Article 11 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights,
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E c (new)
Recital E c (new)
E c. whereas access to information has a direct impact on employment opportunities of people with disabilities,
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Observes that there is an int financial crinsic solidarity in European societies whichs hits the vulnerable groups the most, and therefore solidarity fully acknowledgesing the need for adaptations for people with mild disabilities is needed now more than ever; stresses however that people with severe or multiple disabilities need even more help in terms of human rights and dignity;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses the need for a new efficient approach to disability starting from the creation of a European Disability Committee as a more effective mechanism to coordinate and monitor the implementation of the EDS;
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses the need for a new efficient approach to disability starting from the creation of a more effective mechanism to coordinate and monitor the implementation of the EDS, at both EU and national level;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls attention to the fact that many disabled people continue to suffer discrimination with regard to the lack of equal recognition before the law and justice and calls on the Member States to remedy these shortcomings, including effective access to justice for persons with disabilities, appropriate training for those working in the field of administration of justice including police and prison staff, in addition to electoral rights and public management of natural and man-made disasters;
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Calls on the Member States to eliminate the obstacles that prevent people with disabilities from freely and unimpededly expressing their will as citizens in elections, since the lack of physical facilities to accommodate the needs of disabled people means that only a small percentage of people with disabilities are able to participate in elections;
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses that people with mental disabilities are particularly exposed to the risk of abuse and violence, and calls on the Member States to adopt a developed control mechanism to provide services and legal protection for victims to guarantee the respect of human rights and freedoms of people in residential institutions and elsewhere, with special regard to disabled women and children;
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses that people with mental disabilities are particularly exposed to the risk of abuse and violence, and calls on the Member States to adopt a developed control mechanism to guarantee the respect of human rights and freedoms of people in residential institutions, with special regard to disabled women; and take measures to promote the transition from institutional to community-based care;
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses that people with intellectual as well as mental disabilities are particularly exposed to the risk of abuse and violence, and calls on the Member States to adopt a developed control mechanism to guarantee the respect of human rights and freedoms of people in residential institutions, with special regard to disabled women;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Stresses that a necessary precondition for the individual’s ability to exercise civil rights is the establishment of a legal background for a supported decision- making mechanism;
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Considers that the Member States should be encouraged not only to see and treat disabilities as a physical defect, as is the case in most Member States at present, but also to pay considerably more attention to the social aspects of disability;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8 b. Calls on the Commission to create an informative website targeting people with disabilities that explains their rights and privileges when travelling in other Member States, including a map of existing rights and privileges throughout the EU in general and with respect to the accessibility of different goods and services as well as the conditions for accessing them;
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Expresses disappointment with the limited involvement of persons with lack of transparency and disabilities in data collection and consultation and considers that the Commission should encourage the participation of persons with disabilities to consultation procedures that must be fully accessible, designed in a way to allow articulated comments and supported by effective information campaigns: 336 replies by civil society on the Commission's consultation, which was held on the Commission's central consultation website in 2009, shows that the information campaign did not reach targeted groups;
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to consider and evaluto strengthen both sanctions and positive incentives for Member States the application ofo implement Article 16 of DirectiveRegulation 1083/2006/EC as well as the efforts on accessibility in light of the contribution that could be made by using the European Structural Funds, especially thend to respect its legally binding requirements, to reinforce anti-discrimination provision in the future Cohesion Policy 2014-2020; to monitor and assess correct implementation of the European funding programmes and use of European Social Ffunds;
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14 a. Calls on the Commission to promote the use of European Structural Funds, especially the European Regional Development Fund to improve accessibility of goods and services and built environment by using European funds;
Amendment 144 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15 a. Stresses that accessible transportation enables people with disabilities to participate in the labour market more easily and therefore helps the fight against poverty and social exclusion;
Amendment 151 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Observes that a mutually-recognised parking card for people with disabilities and a unified EU charter for travellers’ rights are relevant for the inclusion of people with disabilities in society; calls for the mutual recognition of disability cards between Member States, for example through the introduction of a European Disability Card, in order to ensure that people with disabilities in every EU Member State have access to the benefits and entitlements available there; emphasises that such mutual recognition would make it much easier for people with disabilities in the EU Member States to work, study and travel;
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Observes that a mutually-recognised parking card for people with disabilities (including people with autism and multiple or severe disabilities) and a unified EU charter for travellers' rights are relevant for the inclusion of people with disabilities in society;
Amendment 155 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16 a. Claims that already existing solutions concerning the accessibility of transportation should be made available for people having all kinds of disabilities;
Amendment 162 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17 a. Claims that for the active involvement of people with disabilities in all fields of social life, efforts have to be made to provide communication solutions for people with mental disabilities (e.g. easy-to-read websites), and augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) for people with complex communication needs;
Amendment 173 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 6 a (new) – before paragraph 19
Subheading 6 a (new) – before paragraph 19
Access to information and culture
Amendment 187 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21 a. Stresses that the greatest obstacle to the integration into society of people with disabilities is their high level of unemployment resulting from their lack of preparation for the labour market, and therefore calls on the Member States to develop training programmes designed for people with disabilities, to train specialist staff and to physically adapt educational establishments to the needs of children and young people with disabilities, since the lack of educational establishments accommodating people with disabilities and of barrier-free training courses is one of the main reasons for the exclusion of people with disabilities;
Amendment 189 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Stresses that sheltered workshops ands well as integrated workplaces could be equally valuable solutions to employingaccompany and support people with different disabilities in accordance with applications of reasonable accommodationthe transition toward an open labour market;
Amendment 194 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22 a. Stresses the importance of transition programs which, firstly, offer opportunities for work, beginning with sheltered workshop and progressing to the open labour market, and, secondly, create a more flexible framework for the transition from professional rehabilitation to other forms of employment in the course of implementing Europe 2020 Strategy;
Amendment 197 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22 a. Stresses that the position of disability assistant must be created, since this would significantly improve the opportunities for people with disabilities, e.g. people with an intellectual disorder, or deaf or blind people, to gain a foothold in the labour market;
Amendment 203 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23 a. Stresses that people with disabilities should enjoy non-discriminatory access to information and culture, which will be beneficial to them also in terms of employment opportunities;
Amendment 206 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 b (new)
Paragraph 23 b (new)
23 b. Is concerned by the low rate of availability of subtitling and audio- description on public TV in the European Union; calls for more diligent implementation of the Member States' obligation under Directive 2007/65/EC to encourage broadcasters to ensure a greater accessibility of media services to people with hearing or visual disability;
Amendment 207 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 c (new)
Paragraph 23 c (new)
23 c. Recalls that the Commission itself, in its Communication on a European Disability Strategy, expresses concerns as to the low availability of subtitles in television in the European Union; underlines especially the fact that a pan- European campaign to ensure a wider access to subtitling in public TV in the European Union has been conducted for several years by organisations of deaf and hard of hearing people with the support of the European Parliament;
Amendment 208 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 d (new)
Paragraph 23 d (new)
23 d. Calls on the Commission to provide for specific funding possibilities for public and private broadcasters in order to help them cover costs related to introduction of subtitles and audio-description in their programmes;
Amendment 209 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. States that the present education and training systems in general do notare not enough to prevent a high drop-out rate of people with disabilities; stresses that this leads to intensifiedmajor social and employment disadvantages among disabled people, especially during the present economic crisis; emphasises, therefore, the need to support education and training programmes geared to the requirements of young people with disabilities in order to ease their transition to working life; calls on the Member States and the Commission to afford people with disabilities better access to information about existing mobility and training programmes;
Amendment 210 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. States that the present education and training systems in general do not prevent a high drop-out rate of people with disabilities; stresses that this leads to intensified social and employment disadvantages and poverty as a consequence among disabled people, especially during the present economic crisis;
Amendment 225 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Confirms that inclusive education should be the focus, and that this should therefore be emphasised within the strategic framework for European cooperation in education and training (‘ET 2020’) as well as the New Skills and Jobs Flagship of EU2020. In addition, there is a need for new and suitable guidelines and proper usage of IT in schools and at home with regard to personal and tailored assistance;
Amendment 230 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25 a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to support alternative educational programs and vocational training, which help people with disabilities to develop their skills in order to obtain adequate qualifications for the modern and open labour market;
Amendment 242 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26 a. Claims that training concerning the special needs of people with disabilities in using different services and accessing public places should be built into the curricula of all vocational education and training and higher education;
Amendment 247 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Calls on the Commission and Member States to intensify the general information provided for parentfamilies with disabled children in order to include early recognition and support and open up possible solutions for their needs;
Amendment 248 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Calls on the Commission and Member States to intensify the general information provided for parents with disabled children in order to include early recognition and support and open up possible solutions for their specific needs;
Amendment 252 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28 a. Draws attention to the need for educational and extra-curricular programmes concerning disabilities in schools in order to combat negative attitudes towards people with disabilities;
Amendment 259 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. States that, compared to the average, people with disabilities have more chance of being poor; people with disabilities are particularly at risk of social exclusion and poverty; stresses that around 80 million people with disabilities are poor, including one million deaf people;
Amendment 260 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. States that, compared to the average, people with disabilities have more chance of being poor; around 80 million people with disabilities are poor, including one million deaf peopl; among those living with disabilities, the families whose members are severely or multiply disabled are in the most vulnerable position Europe-wide; calls on the Commission to ensure their rights and take decisive steps and measures to improve the quality of life for severely or multiply disabled people and their families; these families’ incomes have decreased ever more drastically and more than two-thirds live below the poverty line;
Amendment 265 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Confirms that, recalling the impetus of the European Year for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion, decreasing poverty cannot be achieved without integrating people with disabilities starting with the field of education and later in the labour market and adjusting income policies regarding invalidity and disability pensions systems, bearing in mind that the later also serve as stigmas;