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European Parliament A10-0211/2025 Passed

Improving the rights of persons with disabilities across Europe

Official title: De EU-strategie voor de rechten van personen met een handicap na 2024

Status: Parliament has approved this proposal. (parliament: ‘Adopted’)

In plain language

  • Parliament calls for an upgraded EU strategy featuring binding rules to improve employment, housing, and general accessibility.
  • This affects persons with disabilities, their family carers, and employers, as well as public services and care organizations.
  • You gain better opportunities for adapted jobs, more accessible everyday public services, and improved support to live independently.

Automatically summarised (gemini-3.8-flash). AI can make mistakes: if in doubt, read the official text.

From proposal to law

  1. Submitted 27 November 2025
  2. Approved by parliament 27 November 2025
  3. Signed by the Parliament and the Council not yet
  4. Published in the Official Journal of the EU not yet
  5. In force not yet

After the vote, the government (or, for a European law, the Council) still has to sign the proposal. Then it appears in the official journal. This usually takes a few weeks; we check every day.

How parliament voted

Passed on 27 November 2025

490 for · 9 against · 109 abstention(s)

In the European Parliament, a parliamentary group is a group of MEPs from like-minded parties in different countries. For each group, you can see how many members voted for or against, or abstained.

  • For
  • Against
  • Abstain
  • Dot: colour of the group
  • EPP (Christian Democrats) Divided

    151 for · 1 against · 2 abstentions

  • S&D (Social Democrats) Voted for

    113 for · 0 against · 0 abstentions

  • Patriots for Europe Divided

    15 for · 2 against · 59 abstentions

  • ECR (Conservatives) Divided

    37 for · 4 against · 26 abstentions

  • Renew (Liberals) Voted for

    64 for · 0 against · 0 abstentions

  • Greens/EFA Voted for

    50 for · 0 against · 0 abstentions

  • The Left Voted for

    36 for · 0 against · 0 abstentions

  • Non-attached Divided

    21 for · 2 against · 3 abstentions

  • Europe of Sovereign Nations Divided

    3 for · 0 against · 19 abstentions

How MEPs voted, by country

Each country elects its own MEPs. Here you can see how the members from each country voted, regardless of their group.

🇱🇻 MEPs from Latvia

Majority in favour

7 for · 0 against · 1 abstention

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  • 🇧🇬 Bulgaria
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  • 🇱🇻 Latvia
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  • 🇳🇱 Netherlands
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