Yes to Nice would help stop suffering, alliance says

DISABILITY groups took an unprecedented step yesterday in urging a Yes vote in the forthcoming referendum on the Nice Treaty.

Yes to Nice would help stop suffering, alliance says

Disability Alliance for Europe members believe the plight of disabled people in central and eastern Europe has been left out of the treaty debate that, up to now, has been too narrowly focused on economic issues.

Over the next few weeks, they will campaign vigorously for a Yes vote because there is provision in the treaty for extending equal status and improved services to people with disabilities in countries seeking to join the European Union.

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