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"Madam President, I welcome the proposal for a European Accessibility Act, although, as many have said, it has taken a long time to get here. Ensuring that the 80 million European citizens who currently live with a disability have access to products and services in our single market is critically important in creating a more equal and fairer society. I want to particularly welcome the action point on ICT and operating systems. As the Commissioner highlighted, the accessibility of public websites is a key issue; a colleague also mentioned our own websites, and this is maybe a point we can take away with us. Many of us who have been working in the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection have had a good look at our own websites to make sure that they are accessible, and we all can do the same.
These proposals to ensure that there is non-discrimination in the digital single market as well are important for all EU citizens. It is interesting that today in the UN they are considering the 10-year review of implementation of the outcomes of the World Summit on the Information Society. Point 12 of their outcome document highlights specific ICT challenges faced by persons with disabilities; this is interesting. We are sitting here in the European Parliament – although it is late – while in the UN they are also discussing these issues.
On the subject of the Marrakesh Treaty, which I continue to raise on the floor of this House, I would call on the Commission to come forward with a legislative proposal to implement this Treaty as soon as possible. The Accessibility Act mentions the issue of e-books, but with fewer than 5% of books published in accessible formats for blind and partially-sighted readers – and in poorer countries there are as little as 1% – we cannot see the Accessibility Act and the Marrakesh Treaty as separate. They are very much interlinked. I look forward to working with the Commissioner and colleagues to ensure the implementation of the Accessibility Act, and also, when we come to it, on the Marrakesh Treaty too."@en1
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