European Parliament
A7-0385/2011
Ádám Kósa  (PPE ),
in writing.
(HU)
As shadow rapporteur for the opinion of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs I, too, contributed to the report of Mr Fisas Ayxela. I am particularly pleased to see that there is a marked emphasis in the report on sport for people with disabilities, in line with the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, which was ratified by the EU.
I call on the Commission to do everything possible within the framework of the Treaty of Lisbon to develop and support sport for people with disabilities. I would like to take the opportunity to point out that the Deaflympics, the Olympic movement of the deaf, has been suffering from a lack of funding by the EU and its Member States for years; in 2010 Slovakia cancelled the Winter Deaflympics, while Greece withdrew from hosting it in 2013.
Now there are efforts in Hungary to make the organisation of a limited Deaflympics possible. With this neglect we are severely endangering the futures of thousands of professional deaf sportspeople. This is unacceptable and something must be done about it.

