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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12670

4 March 2021
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES / Fundamental rights
Commission will propose creation of a European disability card by end of 2023
Brussels, 03/03/2021 (Agence Europe)

On Wednesday 3 March, the European Commission presented the EU’s new 10-year strategy on the rights of people with disabilities: a roadmap without binding targets, but promising some concrete initiatives.

These include the creation of a European disability card. A Commission proposal to this effect will be presented by the end of 2023.

Such a card should make it possible to limit the barriers that people with disabilities face in accessing certain services when they travel abroad and...

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