ÁDÁM KÓSA: FIRST DEAF PERSON ELECTED AS A MEMBER OF EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
08 June 2009 /// EDF is pleased for the first ever Deaf person and Sign Language user elected to the European Parliament. According to EUD website, 
Ádám Kósa won his seat in the European Parliament as his party FIDESZ secured 56.37% of the votes nationally in Hungary. Through that percentage of votes, FIDESZ won 14 seats for the European Parliament and Ádám Kósa was 12th in the list.
Carlotta Besozzi, Director of EDF stressed that Sign Language will be more visible in the halls of the European Parliament in the next five years: “The European Parliament will clearly have to make its working section totally accessible to deaf persons. EDF is looking forward to work with Ádám Kósa on all disability issues.”
The European Elections took place from 4 to 7 June. Check the results on the European Parliament website.
More information visit the European Union of the Deaf website here.
Ádám Kósa won his seat in the European Parliament as his party FIDESZ secured 56.37% of the votes nationally in Hungary. Through that percentage of votes, FIDESZ won 14 seats for the European Parliament and Ádám Kósa was 12th in the list.Carlotta Besozzi, Director of EDF stressed that Sign Language will be more visible in the halls of the European Parliament in the next five years: “The European Parliament will clearly have to make its working section totally accessible to deaf persons. EDF is looking forward to work with Ádám Kósa on all disability issues.”
The European Elections took place from 4 to 7 June. Check the results on the European Parliament website.
More information visit the European Union of the Deaf website here.
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