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"Mr President, over the past two years, we have heard many debates in this Parliament about keeping the rules, whether it is the ‘six-pack’ or the ‘two-pack’ or the fiscal compact.
When it comes to money and budgets, we are asked to keep the rules. Yet when it comes to the rights of persons with a disability or to the petitioners, like the European Blind Union, up to now, we have been told that soft law recommendations and voluntary licences are a better option.
Commissioner Barnier, you spoke of cooperation, of identifying the best solutions, and you have said you are open to constructive discussions. Yet the Commission is not facilitating the access of blind EU citizens, and this is hardly honouring those fine words. What I hear from you right now is: yes, but not yet – we need further negotiations.
In my own country – Ireland – the National Council for the Blind tells us that millions of blind EU citizens face a book famine, in which only a low percentage of books are converted to an accessible format that they can read.
The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, the work of the European Blind Union and the Parliament report on unlocking the cultural and creative industries, I believe, Commissioner, provide you and the Commission with a road map. I think all we are doing tonight is asking you to take that pathway."@en1
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