22 Amendments of Verónica LOPE FONTAGNÉ related to 2010/2272(INI)
Amendment 22 #
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 causes social exclusion,
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Amendment 68 #
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 and of Member States’ programmes and strategies;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recalls that a sustainable society where people live longer in better health should also mean that the needs of disabled people can be adapted to the environment in advance by having greater accessibility to goods and servicesalso implies improvements in accessibility to goods and services so as to improve the quality of life of disabled people;
Amendment 88 #
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 correct and remedy these shortcomings, including electoral rights and public management of natural and man-made disasters;
Amendment 97 #
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 to the most vulnerable groups of people, such as disabled children and the elderly;
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls upon the Commission to gear up the cooperation between Member States, especially with respect to the gathering of comparable data; stresses that measuring disability should not be based only on medical aspects but should also include social and, environmental and economic aspects;
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Calls on the Commission to draw up annual reports with data showing the disability situation in the different Member States;
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 4 a (new)
Subheading 4 a (new)
Points out that one consequence of population ageing is an increased number of disabled people;
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Stresses that demographic changes can also contribute to the situation of people with disabilities, as services and solutions for the elderly are to a great extent indispensable for the people with disabilities;
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Points out that, in a Europe that promotes equality and freedom of movement within its territory for its citizens, the rights of disabled people vary from one Member State to another;
Amendment 149 #
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 relevantnecessary for the inclusion of people with disabilities in society;
Amendment 156 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to take the necessary measures to promote access without physical barriers to workplaces and homes for people with disabilities as a means of helping them integrate into working life;
Amendment 158 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16b. Urges the Commission to take the necessary measures to help the visually impaired to carry out business transactions, such as by issuing euro notes with inscriptions in Braille;
Amendment 168 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Reaffirms the importance of promoting the exchange of cultural material accessible to the visually impaired between the Member States;
Amendment 217 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Points out the important role of special training centres in facilitating integration into the labour market; adds that insufficient access to the labour market means that people with disabilities are placed in vulnerable situations in society and are exposed to serious risks of discrimination, poverty and social exclusion;
Amendment 219 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 b (new)
Paragraph 24 b (new)
24a. Calls for the activation of European funds earmarked for communication campaigns and awareness-raising activities in the world of work, such as the ‘Voluntariado Corporativo’(Corporate Volunteering) and the ‘Plan Familia’ (Family Plan) schemes under way in different companies;
Amendment 221 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 c (new)
Paragraph 24 c (new)
Amendment 228 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Considers that inclusive education is needed to cut the school drop-out rate in the EU, the objective being to reduce this rate to less than 10%;
Amendment 237 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Stresses that social corporate responsibility could also be an important impetus to the situation of people with disabilities; calls for the introduction of aid and subsidies, which would vary according to the type of contract, for companies and individuals hiring workers with disabilities; calls upon actors and stakeholders to support and apply good practices in this field;
Amendment 270 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30a. Deplores the fact that people with disabilities must assume an additional financial burden – the extra expenditure incurred because of their disability – in their daily lives, which has a considerable impact on their quality of life;
Amendment 272 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 b (new)
Paragraph 30 b (new)
30b. Points out that eliminating or seriously alleviating this poverty would entail having more people with disabilities in work, which would increase net tax revenue for the state and would reduce the number of people needing benefits for reasons of extreme poverty;