Written Declaration Lobby

novembris 4, 2011

Eiropas Parlaments

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
Austrija	17	4	23,5
Beļģija	22	12	54,5
Bulgārija	17	8	47,1
Kipra	6	6	100,0
Čehija	22	11	50,0
Dānija	13	10	76,9
Igaunija	6	6	100,0
Somija	13	7	53,8
Francija	72	26	36,1
Vācija	99	30	30,3
Grieķija	22	15	68,2
Ungārija	22	14	63,6
Īrija	12	7	58,3
Itālija	72	45	62,5
Latvija	8	4	50,0
Lietuva	12	8	66,7
Luksemburga	6	2	33,3
Malta	5	3	60,0
Nīderlande	25	6	24,0
Polija	50	21	42,0
Portugāle	22	12	54,5
Rumānija	33	25	75,8
Slovākija	13	7	53,8
Slovēnija	7	5	71,4
Spānija	50	26	52,0
Zviedrija	19	6	31,6
Apvienotā Karaliste	72	18	25,0
TOTAL	737	344	46,7