In the European Union, one person in four lives with a disability. Yet in the 2019 European Parliament elections, more than 800,000 EU citizens were unable to vote because of their disability. This is the premise of the report by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA), published on Wednesday 29 May, entitled “Political participation of people with disabilities in the EU”, which takes stock of the situation.
Legislative scope. Legal restrictions remain a major obstacle...