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

When: Monday 16 October at 16.30

Where: Daphne Caruana Galizia Press room and via Interactio

Key topics this week include:

• Debate and vote on the terrorist attacks of Hamas against Israel;

• Announcement of the winner of the 2023 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought;

• Establishing a Ukraine Facility worth €50 billion for 2024 to 2027 to support recovery, reconstruction and modernisation: debate and vote;

• Key debate on Parliament’s priorities for the 26-27 October European Council;

• Debate on effectiveness of EU sanctions on Russia;

• New Strategic Technologies for Europe Platform to support EU projects in developing critical and emerging strategic technologies: debate and vote;

• Prime Minister of Armenia, Nikol Pashinyan, to address the European Parliament;

• Award of the Daphne Caruana Galizia Prize for Journalism.

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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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