The EDF Annual Report 2025 highlights the successes and advances of the disability movement during this year marked by growing pressures threatening to roll back commitments to disability rights across Europe. Despite these challenges, we stood firm, ensuring that our rights were defended.
Top highlights 2025
- Calling for the next EU budget to support disability rights through our direct advocacy, securing commitments for social spending.
- Driving the European Disability Rights Strategy forward, with our campaign and proposals shaping EU commitments for 2026–2030.
- Advancing passengers’ rights, including our Human Rights Report on air travel and through successful advocacy towards policymakers, regulators, airlines and airports to improve accessibility.
- Participating actively in the review of the EU by the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, resulting in ambitious recommendations to the EU institutions.
- Re-establishing the Disability Intergroup in the European Parliament, a goal we campaigned for and achieved, securing a platform to influence policy and priorities for the 2024–2029 parliamentary term.
In figures
- We welcomed 7 new members., reaching a total of 120 EDF members at the end of the year;
- 11 EU policies changed and adopted;
- 36 high-level meetings with decision makers;
- 94 times references in media (EU and national) across at least
31 outlets, including Financial Times, Politico Europe, Euronews, and Il Sole; - More than 50,000 followers in total on all of our social media accounts;
- 280,000 visits to our website.
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