Press briefing on this week’s plenary session | News

When: Wednesday 13 November at 14.30

Where: Anna Politkovskaya press room in Brussels and via Interactio

Key topics in this plenary include:

• Debate with Council and Commission on EU-US relations after the election of Donald Trump as President

• Flood tragedy in Valencia: MEPs discuss prevention and EU aid

• Address by former Finnish President Sauli Niinistö on his report “Strengthening Europe’s civil and military preparedness and readiness”, followed by a debate among MEPs

• Vote on postponing the application of the deforestation regulation

• Debate and vote on Parliament’s demands for the COP29 in Baku

• Debate on the deplorable escalation of violence around a football match in the Netherlands and the unacceptable attacks against Israeli football fans

• Debate on the outcome of Georgia’s disputed parliamentary elections, including alleged Russian interference

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:

You can follow it live from 14.30 on Wednesday 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 iPad (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 interventions with 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.