Press briefing on next week’s plenary session
Spokespersons for Parliament and for the political groups will hold a briefing on the 10 – 13 February plenary session on Friday at 11.00, in Parliament’s Anna Politkovskaya press room.
When: Friday 7 February at 11.00
Where: Anna Politkovskaya press room in Brussels and via Interactio
Key topics next week include:
- Debate on the Commission work programme for 2025 and recent proposals to boost the EU’s competitiveness
- Debate on the EU’s continued support for Ukraine after three years of Russia’s war of aggression
- Debate on the continued repression of Russia’s democratic opposition one year after the murder of Alexei Navalny, and on providing support to EU regions bordering Russia, Ukraine and Belarus
- Debate on the upcoming EU strategy for the Middle East
- Debate on EU-US trade relations and the EU’s potential responses if the US imposes tariffs on European products
- Debate with ECB President Christine Lagarde on the state of European and global economic affairs, followed by a vote on the ECB annual report 2024
- Debate on the EU-Mercosur Trade agreement
Interpretation of the press briefing will be available in English and French.
Journalists wishing to actively participate and ask questions, please connect via Interactio using this link: https://ep.interactio.eu/uw5m-71vf-mi2k
You can follow it live from 11.00 on Friday in Parliament’s Anna Politkovskaya press room room or via Parliament’s webstreaming and EbS.
Information for the media – Use Interactio to ask questions
Interactio is only supported on iPads (with the Safari browser) and Mac/Windows (with the Google Chrome browser).
When connecting, enter your name and the media you are representing in the first name / last name fields.
For better sound quality, use headphones and a microphone. Interpretation is only possible for questions asked on video.
Journalists who have never used Interactio before are asked to connect 30 minutes before the start of the press conference to perform a connection test. IT assistance can be provided if necessary.
When connected, open the chat window (upper right corner) to be able to see the service messages.
For more details, check the connection guidelines and recommendations for remote speakers.