5 Amendments of Tiziano MOTTI related to 2010/2272(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Draws attention to the fact that gaps in the implementation of the existing principle of equal treatment of people with disabilities are regularly brought to the attention of the Committee on Petitions by the citizens concerned; points out that in 2007 a petition with 1 364 984 signatures was submitted to the Commission calling for people with disabilities to be given extensive protection in all European Union policies and that the Commission has so far failed to take due account of this legitimate initiative;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Points out that the petitioners refer to problems relating to the schooling of disabled children, access to insurance, a lack of public transport facilities and infrastructure and the lack of harmonisation within the EU of the scales used to determine the degree of disability as well as a lack of uniform recognition in the Member States of concessions granted to people with disabilities allowing them access to various services or simply to use designated parking spaces;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses the need for affordable anti- discrimination laws across the full range of policy areas, and the importance of affordable awareness-raising campaigns about the risk of discrimination against the disabled, notably in the work environment; in this connection, points out that in 2007 a petition with 1 364 984 signatures was submitted to the Commission calling for wide-ranging protection to be given to people with disabilities in all the European Union's policies and that the Commission has so far failed to take due account of this legitimate initiative;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Underlines the importance of overcoming problems relating to intra-EU mobility by facilitating and promoting the use of the European disability parking card and by taking the necessary steps towards the introduction of a common European ID card for people with disabilities with the typographic and colour features denoting the type of disability affecting the card- holder concerned;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Stresses the importance of making professional activity possible for people with disabilities, without forgetting those who may need to suspend their employment for certain periods owing to the nature of their illness or diseasedisability, and underlines the importance of flexicurity and lifelong learning;