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Disability Intergroup
The Disability Intergroup of the European Parliament is an informal grouping of Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) from all nationalities and most political groups who are interested in promoting the disability policy in their work at the European Parliament as well as in the national contexts.
The Disability Intergroup is one of the oldest Intergroups of the European Parliament; it was established in 1980. Following the European Parliament elections in June 2009, it had to be re-formed, according to the European Parliament rules governing the intergroups.
Following the campaign to recruit new members and ensure the political support of the EP Groups for the establishment of the Disability Intergroup, it was re-established in December 2009. The election of the new Bureau took place on 16 December at the European Parliament in Strasbourg. Adam Kosa MEP (HU, EPP) was elected as the new Intergroup President by acclamation. The rest of the Bureau is now composed of:
Dieter-Lebrecht Koch (DE, EPP)
Kinga Goncz (HU, S&D)
Richard Howitt (UK, S&D)
Liz Lynne (UK, ALDE)
Cecilia Wikstrom (Sweden, ALDE)
Elisabeth Schroedter (DE, Greens)
Ilda Figueiredo (Portugal, GUE)
Claudio Morganti (Italy, EFD)