Press release - Press briefing on this week’s plenary session

WHEN: Monday 14 September at 16.30

WHERE: Daphne Caruana Galizia press room and via Interactio

Key topics this week include:

• State of the European Union debate with Ursula von der Leyen

• Debate and vote on strengthening resilience against foreign interference and other threats to European democracies

• Address by Mark Carney, Prime Minister of Canada

• Debate and vote on strengthening Europe’s defence readiness

• Debate with Kaja Kallas on Russia’s hybrid attacks and vote on how to protect the EU’s territorial integrity, and critical security and defence infrastructure

• Debate with Kaja Kallas on the escalation of conflict in the Middle East

• Debate on the urgent need for EU support for Ukraine against Russia’s mounting war of aggression

• Debate on this summer’s devastating heatwaves, wildfires and droughts in Europe and lessons learnt

• Debate and vote on the instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect the EU’s external borders

• Vote on how to address the negative impact of social media on young people

Interpretation of the press briefing will be available in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish and Polish.

You can follow it live from 16.30 in Parliament’s Daphne Caruana Galizia press room or via Parliament’s webstreaming and EbS.

Information for the media - Use of Interactio to ask questions

Journalists wishing to participate actively and ask questions, please connect via Interactio using this link: https://ep.interactio.eu/link/pressconfp1254698545582

Interactio is only supported on iPads (with the Safari browser) and Mac/Windows (with the Google Chrome browser). For more details, check the connection guidelines and recommendations for remote speakers.

When connecting, enter your name and the media organisation 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.

Contacts:

• Press room

  Contact data:

  • Phone number: +33 3881 74005 (STR)