European Disability Forum
EDF
We are an umbrella organisation of persons with disabilities that defends the interests of over 100 million persons with disabilities in Europe.
Lobbying Activity
Response to Digital Omnibus revising several legislative acts in view of regulatory simplification
13 Oct 2025
Meeting with Cynthia Ní Mhurchú (Member of the European Parliament) and European Network for Accessible Tourism - ENAT asbl
16 Jul 2025 · Roundtable on Inclusive Tourism
Response to Digital Networks Act
11 Jul 2025
Meeting with Tuuli-Maria Mattila (Head of Unit Communications Networks, Content and Technology)
10 Jul 2025 · Discussion on digital accessibility
Response to Union of Equality: Anti-racism Strategy 2026-2030
4 Jul 2025
Meeting with Dainius Žalimas (Member of the European Parliament)
2 Jul 2025 · Meeting
Meeting with Maria Zafra Saura (Cabinet of Commissioner Michael McGrath)
17 Jun 2025 · Rights and inclusion of persons with disabilities
Meeting with Roxana Mînzatu (Executive Vice-President) and
28 May 2025 · Rights of persons with disabilities, pending priorities
Response to An EU policy agenda for European cities
23 May 2025
Meeting with Hadja Lahbib (Commissioner) and
22 May 2025 · EU Disability Rights Strategy
Response to Apply AI Strategy: strengthening the AI continent
21 May 2025
Response to Union of Equality: LGBTIQ Equality Strategy 2026-2030
21 May 2025
Meeting with Isilda Gomes (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)
13 May 2025 · EU Strategy on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Meeting with Giusi Princi (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur for opinion)
28 Apr 2025 · Disability
Meeting with Jessika Roswall (Commissioner) and
25 Apr 2025 · Consultation of disabled groups in the context of policy and legislative development
Meeting with Hanna Anttilainen (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Stéphane Séjourné), Helena Robyn (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Stéphane Séjourné), Valentina Schaumburger (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Stéphane Séjourné)
22 Apr 2025 · European Single Market, Standardisation, Public Procurement, Intellectual Property
Meeting with Glenn Micallef (Commissioner) and
14 Apr 2025 · Introductory meeting
Meeting with Valérie Devaux (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and European Association of Service providers for Persons with Disabilities
24 Mar 2025 · handicap
Meeting with Célia Dejond (Cabinet of Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra), Olivia Gippner (Cabinet of Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra)
21 Mar 2025 · Discussion on EU climate policy and international climate diplomacy
Meeting with Kim Van Sparrentak (Member of the European Parliament) and
19 Feb 2025 · Withdrawal horizontal anti-discrimination directive
Meeting with Alice Kuhnke (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and
19 Feb 2025 · Anti-discrimination
Meeting with Hristo Petrov (Member of the European Parliament)
13 Feb 2025 · European Disability Employment and Skills Guarantee
Meeting with Andrey Novakov (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)
10 Feb 2025 · Passenger rights file
Meeting with Lynn Boylan (Member of the European Parliament)
5 Feb 2025 · Persons with Disabilities in Occupied Territories
Meeting with Pierre Jouvet (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur for opinion)
30 Jan 2025 · Droits des passagers
Meeting with Alex Agius Saliba (Member of the European Parliament)
29 Jan 2025 · Executive committee meeting with Disability Intergroup bureau
Meeting with Alicia Homs Ginel (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)
29 Jan 2025 · Implications of the Traineeships Directive for persons with disabilities
Meeting with Cecilia Strada (Member of the European Parliament)
28 Jan 2025 · discussion on the rights of persons with disabilities, including voting rights, access to quality healthcare and education and removal of barriers
Meeting with Alice Kuhnke (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur for opinion) and
27 Jan 2025 · Passenger rights
Meeting with Vicent Marzà Ibáñez (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)
21 Jan 2025 · Implementation of Passenger Rights
Meeting with Idoia Mendia (Member of the European Parliament)
16 Jan 2025 · Meeting with EDF
Meeting with Jana Toom (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)
14 Jan 2025 · Protection of vulnerable adults
Meeting with Maria Guzenina (Member of the European Parliament)
27 Nov 2024 · Disability Rights
Meeting with Marit Maij (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and
14 Oct 2024 · Roundtable with CSOs for input for ESF Plus
Meeting with Jana Toom (Member of the European Parliament) and
3 Oct 2024 · Social and Inclusive Growth
Meeting with Tilly Metz (Member of the European Parliament)
1 Oct 2024 · Disability
Meeting with Pál Szekeres (Member of the European Parliament)
10 Sept 2024 · Exchange on current disability issues
Meeting with Miriam Lexmann (Member of the European Parliament)
11 Jul 2024 · Re-establishment of the Disability Intergroup
Meeting with Alex Agius Saliba (Member of the European Parliament)
11 Jul 2024 · To discuss the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and re-establishment of the Disability Intergroup at the European Parliament
Meeting with Ádám Kósa (Member of the European Parliament) and
16 Apr 2024 · Social inclusion of people with disabilities
Meeting with Jan-Christoph Oetjen (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and
2 Apr 2024 · Stakeholder Meetings on Passenger Mobility Package
Meeting with Grace O'Sullivan (Member of the European Parliament)
22 Feb 2024 · The rights of people with disabilities in Ireland and Europe
Meeting with Abir Al-Sahlani (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)
15 Feb 2024 · EU Talent Pool
Response to Mid-term evaluation of the European Social Fund Plus
7 Feb 2024
Meeting with Cyrus Engerer (Member of the European Parliament)
1 Feb 2024 · TCN disability file
Response to 9th Report on economic, social and territorial cohesion
18 Dec 2023
Meeting with Beatrice Covassi (Member of the European Parliament)
30 Nov 2023 · European Day of Persons with Disabilities 2023
Meeting with Patrizia Toia (Member of the European Parliament)
29 Nov 2023 · Disability Week
Response to Administrative burden
28 Nov 2023
Meeting with Magda Kopczynska (Director-General Mobility and Transport)
31 Oct 2023 · Upcoming review of the passenger rights regulation
Meeting with Nicola Danti (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur for opinion)
30 Oct 2023 · European Disability Card
Meeting with João Albuquerque (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)
25 Oct 2023 · Disability Card
Meeting with Sirpa Pietikäinen (Member of the European Parliament)
24 Oct 2023 · Social Taxonomy
Meeting with María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)
19 Oct 2023 · Revision of the Victims Rights Directive
Response to Commission Recommendation on integrated child protection systems
18 Oct 2023
Meeting with Lucia Ďuriš Nicholsonová (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)
11 Oct 2023 · European Disability Card and the European Parking Card
Meeting with Katrin Langensiepen (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)
18 Sept 2023 · Disability Card
Meeting with Ciarán Cuffe (Member of the European Parliament) and Fédération Européenne d'Associations Nationales Travaillant avec les Sans-Abri
18 Jul 2023 · Exhibition opening event on homelessness
Meeting with Abir Al-Sahlani (Member of the European Parliament)
13 Jun 2023 · Conference Of States Parties To The Convention On The Rights Of Persons With Disabilities
Meeting with Ilana Cicurel (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)
6 Jun 2023 · Implementation of the CERV programme - Meeting with the Senior Policy Coordinator of the European Disability Forum
Meeting with Brando Benifei (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)
2 Jun 2023 · Discussion on the AI Act (meeting held by the Assistant responsible)
Meeting with Helena Dalli (Commissioner) and
28 May 2023 · Commissioner intervenes at the European Disability Forum, in occasion of the General Assembly.
Meeting with Brando Benifei (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)
8 May 2023 · Call on the AI Act implications for persons with disabilities (meeting taken by the APA responsible))
Meeting with Adina-Ioana Vălean (Commissioner) and
3 May 2023 · Transport and disability
Meeting with Věra Jourová (Vice-President)
2 May 2023 · Political participation of persons with disabilities
Meeting with Karima Delli (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)
2 May 2023 · European Disability Forum
Meeting with Abir Al-Sahlani (Member of the European Parliament)
31 Mar 2023 · Disability Rights in Europe - the way forward
Meeting with Ildikó Voller-Szenci (Cabinet of Commissioner Olivér Várhelyi)
22 Mar 2023 · The inclusion of persons with disabilities in the EU neighborhood policies
Meeting with Tomasz Frankowski (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and
21 Mar 2023 · The future of the European book sector-consultation meeting with stakeholders
Response to Commission Communication on a comprehensive approach to mental health
14 Feb 2023
Response to Council Recommendation on vaccine-preventable cancers
6 Feb 2023
Response to Legislative initiative on setting up the European Disability Card
15 Dec 2022
Meeting with Jutta Urpilainen (Commissioner) and
1 Dec 2022 · Speech at the 2nd GAP III Structured Dialogue with CSOs
Meeting with Helena Dalli (Commissioner) and
24 Nov 2022 · Disability rights including the situation of persons with disabilities in Ukraine, independent living and deinstitutionalisation, the upcoming European Disability Card initiative, passengers rights and the Equal Treatment Directive proposal.
Meeting with Laurence Farreng (Member of the European Parliament) and European Youth Forum
9 Nov 2022 · Rémunération des stages en Europe
Meeting with Frances Fitzgerald (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and
27 Oct 2022 · Proposal for a Directive on combatting violence against women and domestic violence
Meeting with Petra Kammerevert (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and
12 Oct 2022 · Implementierung AVMD
Response to Proposal for a Council Recommendation on developing social economy framework conditions
29 Sept 2022
Response to Commission Communication on the EU Strategic Framework for Global Health
19 Sept 2022
Response to Proposal for a Council Recommendation on the enabling factors for successful digital education
14 Sept 2022
Meeting with Lesia Radelicki (Cabinet of Commissioner Helena Dalli)
13 Sept 2022 · Meeting on Directive Violence Against Women
Meeting with Alex Agius Saliba (Member of the European Parliament)
12 Jul 2022 · Towards Equal Rights for Persons with disabilities in the EU
Response to Commission Recommendation on the prevention of harmful practices against women and girls
27 May 2022
Meeting with Helena Dalli (Commissioner) and
6 Apr 2022 · Cabinet Dalli invited Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) to discuss concerns equality and non-discrimination CSOs are raising regarding the situation of people fleeing from the Ukraine
Response to Revision of Council Recommendation of 2 December 2003 on cancer screening (2003/878/EC)
21 Feb 2022
Meeting with Annelisa Cotone (Cabinet of Commissioner Helena Dalli), Joseph Vella (Cabinet of Commissioner Helena Dalli)
13 Jan 2022 · Exchange on EU disability policies, including the new Disability Platform.
Response to Commission Communication on a contingency plan for transport
28 Sept 2021
Response to Proposal for a Council recommendation on Pathways to School Success
3 Jun 2021
Meeting with Eva Gerhards (Cabinet of Commissioner Helena Dalli), Silvan Agius (Cabinet of Commissioner Helena Dalli) and
22 Mar 2021 · Exchange of Views on the Transition from institutional to Community-based Care.
Meeting with Nicolas Schmit (Commissioner) and
14 Dec 2020 · Meeting on the European Disability Strategy.
Response to Commission proposal for a Council Recommendation on a Child Guarantee
30 Sept 2020
Meeting with Filomena Chirico (Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton)
16 Sept 2020 · Fostering attention to accessibility in EU legislation
Response to Communication to the Institutions - A New Pact on Asylum and Migration
6 Aug 2020
Response to Commission communication on a comprehensive strategy on the rights of the child
27 Jul 2020
Meeting with Jutta Urpilainen (Commissioner) and
28 May 2020 · Roundtable with Civil Society (NGOs)-The EU global response to COVID-19
Meeting with Nicolas Schmit (Commissioner) and
29 Apr 2020 · Videoconference meeting on social support care service and COVID-19
Meeting with Dubravka Šuica (Vice-President) and
29 Apr 2020 · Social Services in Europe, Statutory Duties of Public Social Services, Explanation, Impact & challenges of COVID-19, Elderly, Role of the EU, Rights of persons with disabilities, social dialogue & cross-sectoral social dialogue
Meeting with Stella Kyriakides (Commissioner) and
29 Apr 2020 · VC meeting on the Impact of COVID-19 on Social Services and the risks for persons in vulnerable situations
Meeting with Jutta Urpilainen (Commissioner) and International Disability and Development Consortium
5 Mar 2020 · Discussion on inclusive international partnerships
Meeting with Adina-Ioana Vălean (Commissioner) and
4 Mar 2020 · The rights of persons with disabilities in transport and mobility files
Meeting with Monika Ladmanova (Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová)
25 Feb 2020 · the rights of persons with disabilities
Meeting with Mónica Silvana González (Member of the European Parliament)
6 Feb 2020 · Disability
Meeting with Janez Lenarčič (Commissioner) and
6 Feb 2020 · The situation of persons with disabilities in the context of humanitarian aid and civil protection
Meeting with Iratxe García Pérez (Member of the European Parliament)
22 Jan 2020 · Political priorities of people with disabilities
Meeting with Sarah Nelen (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans)
22 Jan 2020 · Green Deal/Sustainability and accessibility
Meeting with Nora Bednarski (Cabinet of Commissioner Helena Dalli)
7 Jan 2020 · Future EU disability policy including UN CRPD implementation, disability mainstreaming and follow-up to the 2010-2020 disability strategy.
Meeting with Helena Dalli (Commissioner)
12 Dec 2019 · Meeting on the disability strategy
Meeting with Frans Timmermans (First Vice-President)
20 Mar 2019 · EU policies concerning persons with disabilities and future approach
Meeting with Jocelyn Fajardo (Cabinet of Commissioner Violeta Bulc) and AGE Platform Europe
31 Jan 2019 · Transport matters
Meeting with Joost Korte (Director-General Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion)
24 Jan 2019 · Meeting on disability related policies, legislation and the EU budget
Response to European Disability Strategy (2010-2020) – evaluation
25 Oct 2018
Meeting with Marianne Thyssen (Commissioner)
12 Jul 2018 · European disability policy
Meeting with Christos Stylianides (Commissioner)
28 Nov 2017 · Disabilities - Humanitarian Aid
Meeting with Corina Crețu (Commissioner)
18 Jul 2017 · Impact of Cohesion Policy changes on the persons with disablities.
Meeting with Davinia Wood (Cabinet of Commissioner Christos Stylianides), Themis Christophidou (Cabinet of Commissioner Christos Stylianides), Zacharias Giakoumis (Cabinet of Commissioner Christos Stylianides) and
28 Jun 2017 · Taking into account the needs of people with disabilities in humanitarian action
Meeting with Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)
9 Mar 2017 · diversity & inclusion
Meeting with Christos Stylianides (Commissioner)
21 Jun 2016 · Integration of disability issues in humaitarian aid
Meeting with Violeta Bulc (Commissioner) and
26 Jan 2016 · Meeting EDF representatives
Meeting with Marianne Thyssen (Commissioner)
29 Oct 2015 · EU disability policy priorities
Meeting with Marianne Thyssen (Commissioner)
20 Apr 2015 · European Disability Policy
Meeting with Neven Mimica (Commissioner)
5 Mar 2015 · The inclusion of persons with disabilities in lower and middle income countries through Commissioner’s work over the next 5 years.
Meeting with Věra Jourová (Commissioner) and
16 Feb 2015 · Equal Treatment Directive
Meeting with Frans Timmermans (First Vice-President) and
9 Jan 2015 · Roundtable with NGO's on fundamental rights
Meeting with Věra Jourová (Commissioner) and
9 Jan 2015 · Roundtable with NGOs on fundamental rights and non-discrimination