Written Declaration Lobby

november 4, 2011

Evropski 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
Avstrija	17	4	23,5
Belgija	22	12	54,5
Bolgarija	17	8	47,1
Ciper	6	6	100,0
Češka republika	22	11	50,0
Danska	13	10	76,9
Estonija	6	6	100,0
Finska	13	7	53,8
Francija	72	26	36,1
Nemčija	99	30	30,3
Grčija	22	15	68,2
Madžarska	22	14	63,6
Irska	12	7	58,3
Italija	72	45	62,5
Latvija	8	4	50,0
Litva	12	8	66,7
Luksemburg	6	2	33,3
Malta	5	3	60,0
Nizozemska	25	6	24,0
Poljska	50	21	42,0
Portugalska	22	12	54,5
Romunija	33	25	75,8
Slovaška	13	7	53,8
Slovenija	7	5	71,4
Španija	50	26	52,0
Švedska	19	6	31,6
Združeno kraljestvo	72	18	25,0
TOTAL	737	344	46,7