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ALT Close up of European Parliament's Disability Rights Week 2025 roll up. In the blurry background, 6 speakers of the Transport Committee event mobility for persons with disabilities.
ALT a hand holding a speaker with the text: Human Rights Day
ALT Our choices, our life, our right. Legal capacity = human rights. Without it, countless rights are denied.
ALT The main square of Zaragoza with the 1st prize
ALT The main square of Valencia with mention "2nd prize"
ALT The main square of Rennes with mention 3rd Prize
ALT The three awards on a table
ALT Ioannis Vardakastanis speaks
ALT Poster for the European Day of Persons with Disabilities, 4-5 December 2025.
ALT Commissioner Lahbib speakinbg
ALT A post with the following text: "On this International Day of Persons with Disabilities we call on European Union Institutions to: - Strengthen funding for European and national organisations of persons with disabilities in the next MFF. - Reverse restrictions and ensure funding for civil society, including advocacy that protects citizens’ rights. - Boost civil society support: recommit to the ECBA Directive, monitor civic space, and protect Human Rights Defenders.
ALT Daniel taking the floor at the parliament
ALT Daniel speaking at the Transport Committee
ALT Blue banner with EC, ITU, IDPD, Fundacion ONCE, and EFHOH logos, and the speaker pictures. Announcing the Welcome Remarks for “Accessible Europe: ICT 4 ALL,” on 2 December 2025, 09:00–09:30 CET: Mr. Jaroslaw Ponder, Head, ITU Office for Europe; Ms. Ana Carla Pereira, Director, Equality and Non-discrimination, Directorate-General for Justice and Consumers (DG JUST), European Commission; Mr. Alejandro Moledo del Río, Deputy Director, European Disability Forum.
ALT Catherine Naughton taking the floor at the hearing
ALT EDF executive director Catherine Naughton taking the floor at the hearing
ALT Accessible Spaces for All Conference opening and keynote speakes: Alejandro Moledo (EDF) and Emiliano Deferrari (European Network Accessible Tourism) listening to Clara Kiess speaking (European Commission, Interreg Central Europe Programme Officer). Behind tehm, posters of the Accessible Spaces for All project on what they achieved).
ALT Banner with the title of the human rights report 2025. Rights delayed. Air travel for passengers with disabilities.
ALT Banner with an illustration of a passenger with a visual impairment and the following text: Air travel is still not equal for everyone! Even though the EU adopted Regulation 1107/2006 to improve access, passengers with disabilities continue to face major barriers. Nearly 7 in 10 people with disabilities consider that they are discriminated against when flying.
ALT Graphs with the main barrier that passengers with disabilities have to fave when planing a journey and during the journey.
ALT Confusing restriction people face when traveling. 1. Restrictions on wheelchair size, weight, and number of users vary widely between airlines even on the same aircraft. For example, on an Airbus A321 the limit is 149 kg with SAS but 300 kg with Finnair. 2. Some airlines don’t provide cabin wheelchairs, preventing passengers from accessing the bathroom forcing some to crawl. This includes Luxair, Tarom and, until recently, Vueling. 3. Assistance dogs: some airlines reject national certificates and require international documents that many countries can’t issue. This includes Brussels Airlines, Ryanair, and Aer Lingus.
ALT Banner with the text: Stop Violence against women
ALT A young woman with disabilities works in a laptop with a colleague
