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Hearing in the European Parliament: 'Defend the Right of Independent Living - How the EU's Austerity Policy Is Undermining the Lives of People with Disabilities'

 

    

ENIL Invitation to the hearing
in the European Parliament
(Program Updated)

  

  Thursday 9 February 2012

European Parliament Brussels

15.00 - 18.30, Room A1G2

 

  The European Network on Independent Living (ENIL) would like to invite you to a hearing in the European Parliament entitled 'Defend the Right of Independent Living - How the EU's Austerity Policy Is Undermining the Lives of People with Disabilities'. The hearing will take place on 9 February 2012 (15:00 - 18:30, Room A1G2), and will be hosted by the European United Left/Nordic Green Left Parliamentary Group. 

 

  ENIL and its partner organisations will present evidence about the impact austerity measures are having on people with disabilities in the European Union, and will set out actions that can be taken by the European Parliament and the European Commission to address this situation. These will include the ENIL Proposal for the European Parliament Resolution on the effect of cuts in public spending on services for persons with disabilities in the EU.  


 To register, please send an e-mail by 2 February 2012 to [email protected]. In case you do not have access to the Parliament, please include your date of birth and passport number.

 

Download the Programme (Updated!) and the poster.  

  

Contact ENIL
Jamie Bolling
ENIL Executive Director
 
ENIL's Secretariat
ENIL Secretary
[email protected] 
About ENIL
The European Network on Independent Living (ENIL) is a Europe-wide network of people with disabilities and organisations that promote and practice Independent Living.
ENIL website: www.enil.eu