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  1. Promotional illustration for the third Disability Rights Week showing four people with different disabilities: a boy with a guide dog, a young woman with a hearing aid, an elderly woman using crutches and a young man in a wheelchair.
    Exchange of views on "Promoting the inclusion of persons with disabilities in the agricultural sector: The example of La Canopée in Belgium" (See draft programme)

    The first Disability Rights Week in the Parliament was organised in 2023, with AGRI being one of the nine committees, in addition to EMPL, that joined the initiative through a dedicated exchange of views. In 2025, the Disability Rights Week will take place from the 1st to the 5th of December.

    We will welcome the director of La Canopée, a training centre that supports students with disabilities by teaching organic farming and landscaping through a combination of practical training and essential theory.

    Members will exchange views with the director on how to further strengthen the participation of persons with disabilities in agricultural work, explore current practices at the centre and discussing potential avenues for improving inclusion in the sector.


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  2. Tip the scales of justice concept as a the hand of a person illegally influencing the legal system for an unfair advantage
    On 3 and 4 December 2025, the JURI Committee will host, in cooperation with the Policy Department, a workshop on the 45th Anniversary of the Signing of the 1980 Hague Convention on Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction. Furthermore, and in order to mark the Disability Rights Week, the Legal Affairs Committee will host a public hearing focusing on the legal capacity and supported decision-making mechanisms of adults.

    The Members of the JURI Committee will also have the occasion of exchanging views with Commissioner for Democracy, Justice, the Rule of Law and Consumer Protection Michael McGrath on the 2025 annual progress report on simplification, implementation and enforcement. JURI Members will also invite the Commissioner for Economy and Productivity; Implementation and Simplification, Valdis Dombrovskis to an exchange of views concerning the 2025 overview report on the same subject. At the same meetings, JURI Members will also vote on the recommendation for second reading of the compulsory licensing for crisis management legislative dossier (2023/0129(COD)).

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  3. Cross border healthcare SANT ICM meeting 2 December
    On the 2nd of December, Committee on Public Health  in cooperation with the Legislative Dialogue Unit of the Directorate for Relations with national Parliaments will hold an Interparliamentary committee meeting on "Citizens' access to cross-border healthcare” with the aim to discuss key policies in the field of cross-border healthcare.

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