Make your voice heard! Fight for your rights!
We live in a time where many decision makers are abandoning policies that support Independent Living and return to the old solutions that rely on segregation and keeping disabled people passive. In some places, positive reforms are still taking place. For example Croatia and Malta are working on personal assistance reforms.
That shows that positive change is still possible. Be courageous and stand together with us, fighting for your rights. Use the Freedom Drive to undertake advocacy work.
In the EU, laws are voted on by Members of the European Parliament (MEP) and representatives of national governments. Those people decide whether the EU will invest in Independent Living or not, whether housing will be built according to universal design standards or disabled women and girls will be protected from violence.
Set up meetings with Members of the European Parliament and the delegations of your national governments. Present them our Freedom Drive Demands or policy demands you are bringing with you. Be polite, but tell them clearly what is at stake. Make sure to tell them what is ENIL and what we do.
The Freedom Drive 2026 Demands are available here.
What can you do with the Freedom Drive demands?
Meeting Members of the European Parliament
We have compiled for you lists of Members of the European Parliament (MEPs). In the European Parliament, members form committees that specialise in certain topics. We have prepared lists of MEPs that are members of committees that are of special relevance to our work. We recommend you focus on meeting MEPs from the following committees:
Of course you can also meet with MEPs from any other committee.
Meeting delegations of national governments
National governments hold substantial amounts of power, more so than MEPs. We encourage you to make contact and ask for a meeting.
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Please see the list with contact details of all delegations in Brussels.
Please inform us about meetings that you have successfully set up. You can do so by filling out this form or by adding our Policy Coordinator Florian Sanden (florian.sanden@enil.eu) in cc. You could also contact him afterwards to give some feedback on how the meeting went. This would help us continue advocacy work with the particular MEP or government representative after the Freedom Drive.
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To help you set up a meeting with MEPs or your country's delegation in Brussels, we have prepared letter templates.
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This is the link to a database which contains all MEPs who currently have a seat in the European Parliament.