European Parliament reestablishes Disability Intergroup
Jue, 18/12/2014
At its meeting on 11 December 2014 the Conference of Presidents approved a list of 28 intergroups out of over 70 proposals to be established under the current legislative term of Parliament (2014-2019) among them the Disability Intergroup.
Intergroups have no legislative power, but are formed to promote exchange of views - on subjects as diverse as Ageing or youth. Intergroups have a unifying effect on the European Parliament: they can only be created by members from at least three different political factions and the subject of the intergroup must be of interest to the main political groups in order to guarantee their support throughout the formation process.
The current major themes of European politics are reflected in the newly formed intergroups.
New intergroups have been created on long-term investment, on Children's Rights, Creative Industries, Digital Agenda, Freedom of Religion and Belief and Religious Tolerance, Integrity - Transparency, Anti-Corruption and Organised Crime, and Sport and Trade Unions.But some of the intergroups from the previous parliament will cease to exist, including those concentrating on energy and Tibet - a group that did not overly please China.
The proposed intergroups for 2014 to 2019 are as follows:
- Ageing and intergenerational solidarity
- Anti-racism & Diversity
- Sustainable Hunting, Biodiversity, Countryside Activities and Forests
- Children's Rights
- Climate change, biodiversity and sustainable development
- Public Goods and Services
- Creative Industries
- Digital Agenda
- Disability
- Extreme poverty and human rights
- Development of European Tourism, Cultural Heritage, Ways of Saint James and other European Cultural Routes
- Freedom of Religion, Belief and Religious Tolerance
- Integrity - Transparency, Anti-corruption and Organised Crime
- Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Rights – LGBT
- Long-term investment and reindustrialisation
- Rural, Mountainous and Sparsely-Populated Regions
- Seas, Rivers, Islands and Coastlines
- SME "small and medium-sized enterprise"
- Sky and Space
- Social Economy
- Sports
- Trade Unions
- Traditional National Minorities, Constitutional Regions and Regional Languages
- Urban Issues
- Welfare and Protection of Animals
- Western Sahara
- Wine, Spirits and Food Quality
- Youth Issues
