73 Amendments of Ádám KÓSA related to 2010/2272(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 a (new)
Citation 1 a (new)
- having regard to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, and its entry into force on 21.01.2011, according to the Council Decision of 26 November 2009 on the conclusion, by the European Community, of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (2010/48/EC),
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 3 a (new)
Citation 3 a (new)
- having regard to the Europe 2020 - A European strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth COM(2010) 2020, its targets and Flagship initiatives,
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 a (new)
Citation 5 a (new)
- having regard to Commission Communication of 26 August 2010 ‘A digital Agenda for Europe’ COM(2010) 245 final,
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 13
Citation 13
– having regard to the proposal for a Council decision (COM(2008)0530) and to the European Parliament's position of 24 April 2009 concerning the conclusion, by the European Community, of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD)4 ,
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 13 a (new)
Citation 13 a (new)
- having regard to the Council Decision of 21 October 2010 on guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States (2010/707/EU),
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 16 a (new)
Citation 16 a (new)
- having regard to the framework agreement on inclusive labour markets, concluded by the European social partners on 25 March 2010,
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 16 a (new)
Citation 16 a (new)
- having regard to the Council Conclusions on "Promoting labour market inclusion - Recovering from the crisis and preparing for the post-2010 Lisbon Agenda" 30 November 2009,
Amendment 19 #
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 mental health problems with special regard to autism – and whereas the rate of unemployment remains unacceptably high, since, being twice at least as high as amongthe rate people without disabilities, it can cause social exclusionncreasing the risk of social exclusion since at least 1 person in 4 suffer once during their life time from a mental health problem and for 1 in 10 this can lead to chronic mental health problems, disabling them,
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas protection against discrimination on the ground of disability is limited to employment, occupation and vocational training (2000/78/EC) and the UNCRPD is a mixed agreement where the EU with its all institutions as well as Member States share the obligations for its implementation,
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas social policies aimed at disabled people are often fall within the competence of Member States and are therefore based on national heritage and social customs as well as on the economic development and the economic situation,
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
D a. whereas people with disabilities in need of high levels of support are among the most excluded in society,
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)
Recital D b (new)
D b. whereas disability is an evolving concept that results from the interaction between persons with impairments and attitudinal and environmental barriers that hinder their full and effective participation in society on an equal basis with others with the same dignity,
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas disabled persons suffer from discrimination in education and training, including the lack of early recognition and intervention for disabled children and pupils, which results thereby restricting their future employment opportunities being highly restricted,
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
H a. whereas family members of persons with disabilities suffer from discrimination by association and measures supporting families will in turn have a positive impact on the full and equal realization of rights of persons with disabilities,
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H b (new)
Recital H b (new)
H b. whereas people with disabilities are one of the groups most affected by the impact of the financial crisis in Europe,
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Observes that there is an intrinsic solidarity in the European societies which fully acknowledges the need for adaptations for people with ´mild´ disabilities; stresses however that peoplersons with sevedisabilities who require mor multiple disabilitiese intensive support , need more help in termsbased ofn human rights and dignity;
Amendment 73 #
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; the European Disability Committee should guarantee direct involvement of the European Parliament and participation of representative organisations of persons with disabilities;
Amendment 79 #
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 havingto have greater accessibility to goods and services can be met beforehand;
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls for the respect of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and the notions of Design for all as well as universal design and acknowledges the efforts made by the United Nations and the European Union with respect to legislation aimed at strengthening the full integration of disabled in society but more should be done;
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Calls for effective mainstreaming of disability among all the EU 2020 strategy and its flagship initiatives, including Innovation Union, in which reference to disability is lacking;
Amendment 86 #
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 electoral rights and public management of natural and man-made disastersthe importance of guaranteeing and ensuring equal participation in political and public life, including the right to vote, to stand for elections and to hold office, in accordance with Article 29 of the UN CRPD;
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses that people with mental disabilities and intellectual impairments are particularly exposed to the risk of abuse and violence, and calls on the Member States to adoptsettle 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 transition from institutional to community-based care;
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to take the necessary steps to prepare for natural disasters and those caused by human negligence, with particular regard to providing people with disabilities with appropriate, useful information, inter alia through the presentation of useful and suitable international examples;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Stresses that, at present, consistent data on disability issues and disability-related services in Member States, including the need for specific indicators and the number and quality of residential houses, are currently lacking or limited and EUROSTAT should provide more data on disability;
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Expresses disappointment with lack of transparency and the limited involvement of persons with 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 according to the experiences of NGOs, designed in such a way as 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 champaignes did not reach targeted groups, furthermore, the so called IPM online tool was not accessible for blind people using screen readers;
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11 a. Recalls that registration of people with disabilities for services and public budget based support must not lead to violation of their human rights and privacy, creating stigmas;
Amendment 127 #
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 since the increase in life expectancy also means that more people will experience the onset of a disability at some point in later life;
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12 a. Stresses that the demographic change should lead to the development and design of services and solutions that would benefit both persons with disability and elderly people with and without disabilities, as well as adults with children;
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Observes that this should not lead to a competitionEncourages alliances between the two groups in society but could be seen as a, in order to contributione to employment-based growth innovationsinnovative growth also based on employment and social development in the Member States, and in order to meet the new demands coming from the ageing society and demographic change;
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to consider and evaluate the application of Article 16 of Directive 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 the European Social Fund;
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14 b. Calls on the Commission to strengthen both sanctions and positive incentives for Member States to implement Article 16 of Regulation 1083/2006/EC and 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 funds;
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Acknowledges that free movement is a fundamental right within the European Union; stresses that it positively influences the quality of life and participation in society of people with disabilities and their families in society, with special regard to better access to health services, paying more attention to the people with chronic disabling diseases in order to decrease health inequalities throughout the European Union;
Amendment 147 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15 a. Calls for a better and mutual recognition of disability status across the Member States; calls on the Member States to exchange good practices in order to close national systems on assessing the degree(s) of disability across the EU to ensure better mobility for people with disabilities;
Amendment 153 #
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 the travellers'’ rights are relevant for the inclusion of people with disabilities in society, including innovative sets of free communication means for the Blind and the Deaf, such as accessible information services with special regard to online services;
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16 a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to reduce barriers to freedom of movement of people with disabilities, by adopting a European Mobility Card, enforcing mutual recognition of disability benefits within the framework of OMC;
Amendment 159 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Stresses that innovative and knowledge-based economies cannot develop without accessible contents and forms for people with disabilities, for example accessible web pages for the blind, and content andsubtitled contents for the hard of hearing, including mass media services, and online services for people using sign languages via binding legislation;
Amendment 163 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17 a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States for a twin-track approach, whereby binding legislation and standards are seen as complementary instruments necessary to achieve accessibility; the legislation should lay down a framework which is sustainable given the rapid developments in the ICT sector; the standards should then be evolving tools that can ensure implementation of the legislation;
Amendment 169 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18 a. Calls on the Member States to remedy shortcomings in accessibility legislation especially as regards public transport, passengers' rights legislation, including damages of mobility equipments and services of electronic information communication systems as well as rules for public built environments and services;
Amendment 170 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)
Paragraph 18 b (new)
18 b. Considers that equal opportunity cannot mean the same conditions and circumstances for people with different needs, therefore, people with different disabilities should be able to have access to sufficient means enabling them to purchase goods and services creating real equal opportunities;
Amendment 171 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 c (new)
Paragraph 18 c (new)
18 c. Takes the view that purchasing goods and services, including the relevant and accessible information about them, should include suitable (on-line) shopping solutions as well as goods and services designed to be accessible in the long run; calls on the Commission to take further appropriate measures to promote the development of and access to universally designed goods and services as enshrined in Article 29 of the UN CRPD
Amendment 172 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 d (new)
Paragraph 18 d (new)
18 d. Confirms that, based on the new rights enacted in the EU Charter, the Commission has the correct approach to equal opportunity: strengthening anti- discrimination, supporting of active inclusion politics as well as raising awareness on disability, including notions of Design for all as well as universal design, as well as stressing the importance of reasonable accommodation;
Amendment 174 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
Amendment 178 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Reaffirms that products, goods and services, including their modified versions, should not be discriminative and therefore cannot have alternative pricings, especially for disabled people; furthermore, the European public procurement legislation should be reviewed;
Amendment 188 #
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 accommodationcluding via reasonable accommodation in the transition toward an open labour market and the unjustified denial of reasonable accommodation should be seen as a form of discrimination in accordance with Article 2 of the UNCRPD;
Amendment 198 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. CAcknowledges that an improvement in anti-discrimination legislation with the adoption of the Commission proposal could contribute to the aims of the EU Charter and would be in accordance with the United Nations´ Convention and Optional protocol; calls for closing the existing gap in the current EU legislation on discrimination concerning protection against discrimination on the grounds of disability, which is currently limited to employment, occupation and vocational training (2000/78/EC) by urging the Council to adopt the Commission proposal for a Directive on equal treatment beyond the field of employment (COM(2008) 0426 final);
Amendment 201 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23 a. Calls for European public procurement legislation to be reviewed to in order to make the accessibility criteria mandatory for enforcing selection criteria aimed at promoting social inclusion, innovation and accessibility for people with disabilities;
Amendment 213 #
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 among disabled people, especially during the present economic crisis, therefore mainstreaming of disability in the Europe 2020 Strategy and its Flagship initiatives is needed;
Amendment 214 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24 a. Finds that the employment level of people with disabilities across Europe is woefully low and reminds the European institutions that the aims of the EU2020 strategy cannot be achieved unless the situation of such people improves; society must therefore be familiarised with disability and must accept it, including at pre-school and primary school level;
Amendment 226 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25 a. Lifelong learning is a crucial way to support and increase the adaptability and continuance of employment for people with disabilities; it is particularly relevant for people who acquire a disability during the course of employment, and especially for the people who have an evolving disabling disease as well;
Amendment 227 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25 a. Stresses that different forms and solutions of inclusive education must be supported in order to help students and pupils with disabilities, including through the development of a suitable, individually-tailored rehabilitation or skills-building procedure designed, where necessary, in conjunction with parents and involving personal helpers to enable young people with disabilities to be more competitive later on and be equipped with more suitable skills for the labour market;
Amendment 244 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Reaffirms that training of public officials of the European Institutions as well as the Member States in receiving and informing people with disabilities should be promoted more forcefully and that access to public legal documents and procedures is a critical issue to be solved by concrete efforts;
Amendment 250 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28 a. Calls on the Commission to present more effectively the advantages of accessibility and mainstream the relativity of costs and expenditures in creating a barrier-free environment for all with special regard to an ageing society;
Amendment 256 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 8 a (new) – before paragraph 29
Subheading 8 a (new) – before paragraph 29
Lifestyles
Amendment 258 #
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 persons with disabilities are at high risk of social exclusion and poverty and highlights that the poverty rate of persons with disability is 70% higher than the one of non-disabled people;
Amendment 264 #
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 in the labour market and adjusting income policies regarding invalidity and disability pensions systems in accordance with point 12 of the EPSCO Council conclusions adopted at its meeting on 30 November 2009, bearing in mind that the latter also serves as a stigmas;
Amendment 266 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30 a. Recognises that early detection and help are vital and fundamental in the case of children with disabilities and must be regarded as long-term investments in an ageing society;
Amendment 267 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30 a. Observes that families of persons with disabilities are more exposed to the risk of poverty and social exclusion and special attention should be paid to them;
Amendment 271 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 b (new)
Paragraph 30 b (new)
30 b. Stresses that barrier-free access to health services and complex rehabilitation services does not stop the deterioration of health completely, particularly in an ageing society, which is why everyone has a responsibility in terms of everyday activities and consumer habits if a sustainable society in which ever greater value must be placed on health, from prevention to rehabilitation, is to be achieved;
Amendment 273 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 c (new)
Paragraph 30 c (new)
30 c. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to support or set up rehabilitation services in the field of health, education, training, employment, tools for independent living, transport, etc. which are more effective and overlapping and can not only be followed up and are individually tailored but which also help long-term budgetary and development planning;
Amendment 274 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 d (new)
Paragraph 30 d (new)
30 d. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to take steps properly to inform families, providing, inter alia, access to practical information on everyday issues, in order to ensure that they receive as much help as possible with their children’s disabilities, including familiarising them with skills-building procedures and services which have an impact on family life;
Amendment 275 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 9 a (new)
Subheading 9 a (new)
Calls on the Council and the Commission to consider concluding an interinstitutional agreement with the European Parliament and to draw up within one year a specific recommendation for Parliament to be involved in monitoring the implementation of the UN Convention at the same time as reviewing the existing code of conduct in order to incorporate the provision(s) setting out Parliament’s role;
Amendment 276 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 9 b (new) – before paragraph 31
Subheading 9 b (new) – before paragraph 31
Calls on the Council and the Commission to take further steps and produce regular reports concerning rare diseases and provide real assistance to develop contacts between parents and specialists living closest to their homes; this must be taken into account and assessed in the work of the INSERM organisation;
Amendment 277 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to swiftly ratify and implement the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD) as well as its Optional Protocols and welcomes the Commission's initiative to accede to the Convention's Optional Protocol;
Amendment 279 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 a (new)
Paragraph 31 a (new)
Amendment 281 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Calls on the Commission to have stronger disability-related references in the planned Green Paper onvision of the public procurement reform;
Amendment 283 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
34. Calls on the Member States to give as much support as possible to suitable measures and tools tailored (apart from the medical aspect) for a higher level of independent life in order to ensure equal opportunities and active life for persons with disabilities and their families;
Amendment 284 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 a (new)
Paragraph 34 a (new)
34 a. Calls on the Commission to assess whether further measures taken in the context of the European structural funds with special regard to the Rural Development Fund help people with disabilities to be active citizens in Europe living in rural areas;
Amendment 285 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 a (new)
Paragraph 34 a (new)
34 a. Calls on the Commission and the Council to make every effort to draw up rules on personal screening when using transport services which will guarantee passengers’ fundamental rights and dignity and serve the purpose of their journeys, with particular regard to the medical devices, aids and accessories which can be taken on board, and to achieve clear, common interpretation of the existing security requirements in order to ensure that people with disabilities are not denied the opportunity to travel – in the absence of proper justification and to a disproportionate degree – simply to prevent inconvenience to the service provider;
Amendment 287 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 b (new)
Paragraph 34 b (new)
34 b. Calls on the Commission to increase efforts to achieve individually-tailored navigation-based services for the blind and those with serious visual impairments and to report on these annually and make specific recommendations – taking into account dynamic technological development – ensuring that progress is made and continuous, multimodal door- to-door transport is possible, as set out in the White Paper entitled ‘Towards a competitive and resource efficient transport system’;
Amendment 289 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
35. Calls on the Commission to elaborate concrete, appropriate and more detailed actions and to set up a monitoring mechanism for all levels of governance in respect of the implementation of the EDS in line with the list of Actions of EDS with close cooperation with the EP;
Amendment 290 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
Paragraph 36
36. Calls on the Commission to present itsa legislative proposal for a European Accessibility Act as promised in its EDSannounced in the EDS, stressing the need for strong binding measures at EU level to improve the accessibility of goods and services for people with disabilities with a clear roadmap;
Amendment 292 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 a (new)
Paragraph 36 a (new)