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

When: Wednesday 1 February at 14.30

Where: Anna Politkovskaya press room and via Interactio

Key topics this week include:

• New rules on platform workers: MEPs to vote on their negotiating position
• Debate and vote on Parliament’s priorities for the EU-Ukraine summit

• Debate on the reform of the EU’s migration and asylum rules ahead of the 9-10 February summit
• Parliament’s proposals for a new EU decarbonisation industrial strategy
• Debate and vote on negotiating position on tougher rules on paid political advertising
• Afghanistan: debate on repression and violence inflicted on women

Interpretation of the press briefing will be available in English and French.

Journalists wishing to actively participate and ask questions, please connect via Interactio by using this:  https://ep.interactio.eu/66e2-hy1p-1w4

You can follow it live from 14.30 on Wednesday in Parliament’s Anna Politkovskaya press room or via Parliament’s webstreaming and EbS+.

Information for the media - Use Interactio to ask questions

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Contacts:

• Delphine COLARD

  Head of Spokesperson’s Unit and Deputy Spokesperson

  Contact data:

  • Phone number: (+32) 2 28 43383 (BXL)
  • Phone number: (+33) 3 881 64123 (STR)
  • Mobile number: (+32) 498 98 44 85
  • E-mail: delphine.colard@europarl.europa.eu

• Neil CORLETT

  Head of the Press Unit

  Contact data:

  • Phone number: (+32) 2 28 42077 (BXL)
  • Phone number: (+33) 3 881 74167 (STR)
  • Mobile number: (+32) 470 89 16 63
  • E-mail: neil.corlett@europarl.europa.eu