Age has no strategy, no roadmap on EU level. There is nothing older persons can rely on. Ageism can be mainstreamed into other strategies, and it has its benefits, but it is not enough. #EqualTreatmentDirective.

🟣 The Equal Treatment Directive is back on the EU agenda.
#Civilsocieties spoke up. @europarl.europa.eu held firm. The @ec.europa.eu listened.

💬 “This proposal is more relevant than ever.” - Isabelle Chopin, Director of #MPG

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#EqualTreatmentDirective #UnionOfEquality

Technical discussions about the #EqualTreatmentDirective don't help journalists to sell it and also make us overlook that what we speak about is #protecting #people! @equineteurope

#EqualTreatmentDirective provides #safeguards to citizens accross the #EU in times of populism and rise of #ultraconservative movements. @IrenaMoozova #StandForEquality

🚷 there is age discrimination, such as in access to financial services, which affect both older people and people with disability #EqualTreatmentDirective
🫸 at a certain age, you may no longer access support: #IndependentLiving, access to #AssistiveTechnology, allowances etc.

Evening reception by @equineteurope and @OHCHR_Europe on #EqualTreatmentDirective @Birgit_Van_Hout asks what better way is there for the #EU to assert itself than by leading on #HumanRights? #StandForEquality

Discussions in the @EUCouncil on #EqualTreatmentDirective have shown there is still support from #MemberStates. #StandForEquality

#Malta has left all reservations to #EqualTreatmentDirective in overall context of drastic change in relation to #equality link to change of gvt but also synergies with #civilsociety e.g. #LGBTI consultative council. #StandForEquality

Good news: the EU Commission has reversed its decision to drop the #EqualTreatmentDirective 🇪🇺

But is this enough to protect disabled people from discrimination & exclusion?

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#IndependentLiving #EuropeanCommission #DisabilityAwareness