MEPs expressed their desire to see people with disabilities better integrated into the labour market, during a debate in the presence of Commissioner for Equality, Helena Dalli, on Monday evening 8 March, on the implementation of Directive 2000/78/EC for equal treatment in employment and occupation, in relation to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD).
Most MEPs pointed out that only half of disabled people (50.6%), or even less than half for women (48.3%),...