The European Commission launched its Enhanced Strategy on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities on 6 May 2026. In practical terms, this outlines actions for the second half of the EU Strategy on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2021-2030.
In March 2021, when the Strategy was launched, it contained proposals for actions and flagship initiatives running until 2025. After calls from EDF and the wider disability movement, the European Commission committed to new actions to fill the period 2026-2030. These are the actions that we are analysing here.
The aim of this paper is therefore to outline all the actions proposed under the enhanced strategy, to briefly assess the aspects that are positive and negative in each action, and to outline what we see as necessary to ensure the best possible implementation. In some cases we give actions a general score of positive, negative or neutral, followed by a short explanation. In a few select cases, we have gone as far as to score an action as very positive, given that it matches exactly what EDF has been calling for in form and in scope. In other cases, where the actions are more complex, with list a mixture of positive points, negative points and neutral points.
This paper does not seek to deliver an in-depth analysis of each action. Instead, it provides a digestible and concise evaluation of all actions, allowing us to gauge where there is real potential to advance the rights of persons with disabilities in the EU and beyond.