Press briefing on next week’s plenary session | News

When: Friday 19 April at 11.00

Where: Anna Politkovskaya press room in Brussels and via Interactio

Key topics next week include:

• Debate and final vote on the right to repair of goods

• Packaging and packaging waste: final vote
• Fighting violence against women: debate and final vote

• Final vote on due diligence rules for companies

• Simplification to certain CAP rules: final vote
• Ambient air quality and clean air for Europe
• Working conditions for platform workers: final vote

• Debate and final vote on new Anti-money laundering rules
• Debate and vote on the new EU Ethics Body
• Debate on Iran’s unprecedented attack against Israel, the need for de-escalation and an EU response
• The EU’s response to the repeated killing of humanitarian aid workers, journalists and civilians by the Israel Defence Forces in the Gaza Strip: debate

• Commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the largest ever EU enlargement.

Interpretation for 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 11.00 on Friday 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.