Brussels, 30 April 2014 | EDF has addressed the leading candidates nominated by the European poltical parties as candidates for the presidency of the European Commission – Jean Claude Juncker (EPP), Martin Schulz (Socialist), Guy Verhofstadt (ALDE), Ska Keller/José bové (Greens) and Alexis Tsipras (European Left).

In a joint action with some of its national members, EDF has sent them 5 key questions based on EDF manifesto, asking them to outline their vision and their plans for persons with disabilities in Europe, but also to make commitments for action in five areas:

1. The protection of persons with disabilities from the crisis
2. The implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
3. The removal of discriminations concerning the right to vote and to be elected
4. Making the EU single market accessible to persons with disabilities
5. Ensuring the involvement of persons with disabilities in decisions that concern them

Find the 5 key questions here!

EDF will disseminate widely these questions and the answers of the candidates in the EU media, as well as through its membership, providing accessible formats of the candidates’ answers for persons with disabilities.

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