Consultation participation and their own register declarations, side by side. Counts, not judgments — participation is not influence.
Counts here are a floor, never a total: they cover the 583 consultation files tracked so far (42,224 submissions, mostly 2025–26), so an organization's real filing history is larger, not smaller.
Register facts self-declared (snapshot 2 Sept 2026); cost bands are floors. Shared files are shared attention, not evidence of coordination.
What each said, in their own words
Their opening passages on the files they share, verbatim and in filing order. We do not summarize, compare, or characterize positions — read them at source.
The European Disability Forum (EDF) welcomes the proposal of a Directive on combating violence against women and domestic violence which comes as a first step to fill significant legislative gaps on violence against women and girls across the EU. We also welcome the inclusion of women and girls with disabilities in the proposal.
The focus of the directive is to criminalise GBV. While this gives a strong signal that GBV is unacceptable in the European Union, it is an insufficient tool to combat violence and to protect victims, as the title of the draft directive promises. Criminalisation is not a solution that actually works, and it is not cost-efficient (see attachment). What does work and what is cost-efficient is prevention, i.e.
Tackling and preventing violence against women and their children must be a key strategic priority now and in the future, if the EU aims to improve the situation of crime victims, particularly in view of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
The European Disability Forum (EDF) is concerned that EU Member States do not effectively ensure the rights of victims’ with disabilities enshrined in the Victims’ Rights Directive and the CRPD. The following key issues, have been identified: • Lack of information about what constitute a crime and how to report, particularly affecting people living in closed settings such as institutions, persons with intellectual…
The European Disability Forum (EDF) welcomes the initiatives of the European Commission to address harmful practices against women and girls. The disability movement is very concerned by harmful practices taking place in the EU, including against persons with disabilities.
Garance asbl welcomes the initiatives of the European Commission to address harmful practices against women and girls. Firstly, harmful practices are a form of gender-based violence, and gender-based violence is a harmful practices. Therefore, the two current initiatives on these issues should be developed together or even merged in order to avoid any gaps in the provision of rights and services in the EU.
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