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Au fil du temps, l’Union européenne en est venue à accorder une attention redoublée à la libre circulation des personnes handicapées, qui représentent une personne sur quatre dans l’Union. Le 6 septembre 2023, la Commission européenne a lancé une initiative législative en vue de créer une carte européenne du handicap et une carte européenne de stationnement, qui devraient être reconnues dans l’ensemble des États membres. Le texte définitif convenu en trilogue devrait être mis aux voix au cours de ...

The Roma are Europe's largest ethnic minority. Out of an estimated total of 10 to 12 million Roma in Europe as a whole, some 6 million live in the European Union (EU) and most of them are citizens of an EU Member State. A significant number of Roma people live in very poor socio-economic conditions. The social exclusion, discrimination and segregation they face are mutually reinforcing. Their restricted access to education and difficulties entering the labour market result in low income and poor ...

People with disabilities still find it hard to participate in elections in the European Union. This infographic compares national practices aimed at helping people with disabilities exercise their electoral rights in the EU.

One in four people in the European Union has some form of disability. Over time, the EU has paid more attention to the issue of free movement for persons with disabilities, and in February 2016 launched a European disability card scheme as a pilot project in eight Member States. Based on the experience and assessment of the EU disability card pilot project and the European parking card for persons with disabilities, the European Commission launched a legislative initiative on 6 September 2023 to ...

The EU and its Member States have signed the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, and use its definition of disability as a common reference at EU level. There is no other harmonised definition of disability in the EU. Although a wide variety of statistical surveys are available in terms of questions asked and population surveyed, a complete statistical assessment of disability in the EU does not yet exist. However, the annual Eurostat statistics on income and living conditions ...

This briefing provides a pre-legislative synthesis of the positions of national, regional and local governmental organisations on the European Commission's forthcoming proposal on the European Disability Card. It forms part of an EPRS series offering a summary of the pre-legislative state of play and advance consultation on a range of key European Commission priorities during its 5-year term in office. It seeks to present the current state of affairs, to examine how existing policy is working on ...

L’égalité des rémunérations pour un même travail est l’un des principes fondateurs de l’Union européenne, inscrit à l’article 157 du traité sur le fonctionnement de l’Union européenne. Toutefois, la mise en œuvre et l’application de ce principe demeurent problématiques. Faute de transparence sur les rémunérations, les discriminations en la matière passent souvent inaperçues et les victimes se heurtent à des difficultés pour faire valoir un droit à réparation. Le 4 mars 2021, la Commission européenne ...

Cannabis is by far the most commonly used illicit drug (referred to as drug in this briefing) in the European Union (EU), where its distribution, cultivation, possession and use (consumption) are largely prohibited. The prohibition of drug-related activities other than those performed for medical or scientific purposes is the defining feature of the international drug control system. Set up by the United Nations (UN), this system is composed of three complementary conventions, to which all EU Member ...

The opportunity to be involved in political life is at the heart of what it means to live in a democracy, whether by standing for elected office, joining a political party, or following political news in the media. People with disabilities are active citizens who are keen to participate given the right opportunities. However, legal, administrative, institutional and accessibility barriers can still prevent them from taking part in elections. In order to nurture democratic societies in which all members ...

L’égalité de rémunération pour un travail égal constitue l’un des principes fondateurs de l’Union européenne. Toutefois, la mise en œuvre et l’application de ce principe demeurent problématiques. Le 4 mars 2021, la Commission européenne a proposé une directive visant à renforcer l’application du principe «à travail égal, salaire égal» entre les hommes et les femmes. Pour ce faire, cette proposition mise sur différents mécanismes de transparence salariale et de contrôle du respect des règles. Les ...