The recent adoption of the Directive on the European Disability Card and the European Parking Card has been heralded as a significant step forward in advancing the rights of persons with disabilities to move freely and enjoy a range of services across the European Union (EU) on an equal basis with others. Yet, this Directive only concerns disability benefits and special conditions in access to services outside the perimeter of social security and social assistance, which raises questions as to whether the envisaged cards truly address the main hurdles encountered by disabled persons in moving across the EU. This article, further having outlined the trajectory that led to the enactment of the Directive, critically discusses its key tenets, and interrogates its strengths and limits in advancing disability rights. On the basis of this analysis, but zooming out of the discrete disability perspective, this article concludes with some reflections on what this Directive tells us about the EU’s longstanding commitment, recently reiterated in the Letta Report, to be “much more than a market”.