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  • Goedgekeurd on 13/12/2023 - Bureau decision date: 24/10/2023
    Referentie
    SOC/785-EESC-2023
    Plenary session number
    583
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    According to the EESC, the EU Disability Card should be voluntary and free of charge and its scope extended to provide access to services and benefits to people who are in another Member State on a temporary basis. The cards should be accompanied by the setting up of an EU, fully accessible website, with an easy-to-read version, available in all EU languages including sign languages, providing practical information for every country.

    EESC opinion: European Disability Card and the European Parking Card for persons with disabilities
  • Goedgekeurd on 13/12/2023 - Bureau decision date: 13/06/2023
    Referentie
    SOC/779-EESC-2023
    Civil Society Organisations - GR III
    Italy
    Plenary session number
    583
    -

    In this opinion, the EESC suggests several changes to the Commission's proposal, to make the text fully compliant with the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). Namely, the Committee suggest that if the adoption of a legal measure against a vulnerable person clearly violates human rights and international law, a Member State should be obliged not recognise such a measure.

    EESC opinion: International protection of adults
  • Goedgekeurd on 27/04/2023 - Bureau decision date: 23/01/2023
    Referentie
    SOC/765-EESC-2023
    Civil Society Organisations - GR III
    Greece
    Plenary session number
    578
    -

    The EESC:

    • believes that the non-mutual recognition of disability among EU Member States, by hindering the availability of support measures for persons with disabilities traveling to another member State, implies a  denial of their freedom of movement.
    • Recommends that the EU Disability Card is implemented by a Regulation, that PWDs and their organization are fully involved in each step leading to its implementation and monitoring, and that complementary measures are taken to ensure  accessibility of transport, services and of the built environment and compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation
    • Believes that the EU Disability Card and EU parking Card remain physically separate
    EESC opinion: European Disability Card
  • Goedgekeurd on 26/10/2022 - Bureau decision date: 24/02/2022
    Referentie
    SOC/730-EESC-2022
    Civil Society Organisations - GR III
    Italy

    This opinion draws attention to  the needs of family members taking care of older, chronic ill or disabled relatives. Informal carers, as they are called, represented by a majority of women, work for free, and are more vulnerable to falling into poverty. The opinion calls for public policies in this field and a recognition of their important societal role.

    EESC opinion: The role of family members caring for people with disabilities and older persons: the explosion of the phenomenon during the pandemic
  • Goedgekeurd on 02/12/2020 - Bureau decision date: 20/02/2020
    Referentie
    SOC/638-EESC-2020
    Civil Society Organisations - GR III
    Poland

    The aim of this  own - initiative opinion is to put forward recommendations to overcome existing obstacles that prevent persons with disabilities from voting in EP elections in the EU. Indeed, in each of the 27 EU countries, there are rules or organisational arrangements that deprive some voters with disabilities of their right to vote. The EESC considers this unacceptable and contrary to the fundamental values of the EU, to the provisions of the Treaty on European Union (TEU) and to many international legal and political acts. Therefore, the EESC calls on the EP, the European Council and Member States to urgently amend the 1976 Electoral Act by clarifying the principles of universality, directness and secrecy of elections, so as to allow the implementation of common standards granting the right to vote to all EU citizens.

    EESC opinion: The need to guarantee real rights for persons with disabilities to vote in European Parliament elections (additional opinion)
  • Goedgekeurd on 29/10/2020 - Bureau decision date: 02/04/2020
    Referentie
    SOC/642-EESC-2020-01-01
    (Poland

    This opinion, requested by the German Presidency of the Council, makes the following main recommendations:
    - data collection and monitoring of diversity policies in the labour market must be improved at all levels;
    - the principles of diversity management must be integrated into EU rules and generalised;
    - more funds should be allocated to diversity management, in order to support the work of civil society organisations working with racialized groups and the diversity policies put in place by the social partners;
    - to tackle the underutilisation of migrants' skills and increase their participation in the labour market, these need to be further recognised. In addition, migrants should benefit from free and universal training, including language courses;
    - migrants should be active, not only in the labour market, but also in politics;

    EESC opinion: Diversity management in the EU Member States (Exploratory opinion at the request of the German presidency)
  • Goedgekeurd on 11/12/2019 - Bureau decision date: 24/01/2019
    Referentie
    SOC/616-EESC-2019
    Civil Society Organisations - GR III
    Greece

    The opinion presents  the EESC's proposal for the new European Disability  strategy  2020-2030, at a crucial moment in the EU landscape. With a new European Commission, a new European Parliament and a new budget programming period, the timing is perfect to come up with   a Disability Strategy that fully takes into account the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCPRD), the Sustainable Development Goals and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The opinion tackles various policy areas, drawing attention to the crosscutting character of disability rights.

    EESC opinion: Shaping the EU agenda for disability rights 2020-2030: a contribution from the European Economic and Social Committee (own-initiative opinion)
  • Goedgekeurd on 20/03/2019 - Bureau decision date: 22/09/2016
    Referentie
    SOC/554-EESC-2017-00587
    Civil Society Organisations - GR III
    Poland

    In each of the 27 EU countries, there are laws or organisational arrangements which exclude some voters with disabilities from participating in EP elections. If the best practices from across all countries were implemented, an ideal system would emerge in which every EU citizen with disabilities not only would have the full possibility to vote but also would be able to choose for themselves the most convenient way in which to vote.

    Information report: The real right of persons with disabilities to vote in European Parliament elections (Information report)
  • Goedgekeurd on 19/09/2018 - Bureau decision date: 22/05/2018
    Referentie
    INT/863-EESC-2018-01-01-02860-00-00-AC-TRA
    (Luxembourg

    The majority of road accidents are down to human error alone, so a comprehensive approach to road safety is needed. It should cover driver behaviour, the working conditions and skills of professional drivers, and infrastructure.

    EESC opinion: Vehicle safety / protection of vulnerable road users
  • Goedgekeurd on 11/07/2018 - Bureau decision date: 13/03/2018
    Referentie
    SOC/579-EESC-2018-01-01-01639-00-00-ac-tra
    (Latvia

    Women with disabilities constitute 16% of the total population of women in Europe, which means in the EU there are approximately 40 million women and girls with disabilities.
    Women with disabilities face intersectional discrimination in all areas of life, including, socio-economic disadvantages, social isolation, violence against women, forced sterilisation and abortion, lack of access to community services, low-quality housing, institutionalisation, inadequate health care and denial of the opportunity to contribute and engage actively in society.

     

    EESC opinion: The situation of women with disabilities (exploratory opinion requested by the European Parliament)