Written Declaration Lobby

november 4, 2011

Európai Parlament

The European Union of the Deaf (EUD) are in the middle of their Written Declaration 35/2011 campaign on accessible 112 emergency services. 344 members of the European Parliament (MEPs) have already signed the Written Declaration.

The Written Declaration 35/2011 was initiated by the Romanian Deaf Association and is co-ordinated by EUD. The Written Declaration calls for accessible 112 emergency services for Deaf and Hard of Hearing people including video technologies that support sign language and text-based systems. This Written Declaration also calls for legislation and standardisation in EU Member States.

In September and October, the EUD team was at the European Parliament in Strasbourg and Brussels to lobby MEPs and ask them to sign the Written Declaration 35/2011. During our visits at the European Parliament, we succeeded in convincing 344 MEPs to sign the Written Declaration.

Countries	Members	Signs	Percents
Ausztria	17	4	23,5
Belgium	22	12	54,5
Bulgária	17	8	47,1
Ciprus	6	6	100,0
Cseh Köztársaság	22	11	50,0
Dánia	13	10	76,9
Észtország	6	6	100,0
Finnország	13	7	53,8
Franciaország	72	26	36,1
Németország	99	30	30,3
Görögország	22	15	68,2
Magyarország	22	14	63,6
Írország	12	7	58,3
Olaszország	72	45	62,5
Lettország	8	4	50,0
Litvánia	12	8	66,7
Luxemburg	6	2	33,3
Málta	5	3	60,0
Hollandia	25	6	24,0
Lengyelország	50	21	42,0
Portugália	22	12	54,5
Románia	33	25	75,8
Szlovákia	13	7	53,8
Szlovénia	7	5	71,4
Spanyolország	50	26	52,0
Svédország	19	6	31,6
Egyesült Királyság	72	18	25,0
TOTAL	737	344	46,7