Written Declaration Lobby

Novembro 4, 2011

Parlamento Europeu

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
Austria	17	4	23,5
Bélgica	22	12	54,5
Bulgaria	17	8	47,1
Chipre	6	6	100,0
Czech Republic	22	11	50,0
Dinamarca	13	10	76,9
Estonia	6	6	100,0
Finlândia	13	7	53,8
França	72	26	36,1
Alemanha	99	30	30,3
Greece	22	15	68,2
Hungria	22	14	63,6
Irlanda	12	7	58,3
Italy	72	45	62,5
Letónia	8	4	50,0
Lithuania	12	8	66,7
Luxemburgo	6	2	33,3
Malta	5	3	60,0
Netherlands	25	6	24,0
Polónia	50	21	42,0
Portugal	22	12	54,5
Roménia	33	25	75,8
Eslováquia	13	7	53,8
Eslovénia	7	5	71,4
Espanha	50	26	52,0
Suécia	19	6	31,6
Reino Unido	72	18	25,0
TOTAL	737	344	46,7