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

When: Monday 11 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 Commission President von der Leyen;
• formal sitting with Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya;
• debate and final vote on legislation to boost the use of renewable energy;
• debate and vote on Parliament’s position on the critical raw materials act;
• improving EU air quality: debate and vote on Parliament’s position;
• joint procurement of defence products: debate and final vote;
• debate on Ukrainian grain exports;
• vote on Commissioner-designate Iliana Ivanova from Bulgaria.

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

Journalists wishing to actively participate and ask questions, please connect via Interactio by using this: https://ep.interactio.eu/66e2-hy1p-1w4u

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

Information for the media - Use Interactio to ask questions

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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.

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Contacts:

• Jaume DUCH GUILLOT

  EP Spokesperson and Director General for Communication

  Contact data:

  • Phone number: (+32) 2 28 43000 (BXL)
  • Phone number: (+33) 3 881 74705 (STR)
  • Mobile number: (+32) 496 59 94 76
  • E-mail: jaume.duch@europarl.europa.eu

• 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