Commission confirmation hearings/Eurobarometer: Technical briefing on 3 October | News

WHEN: Thursday 3 October, 10.30 – 11.30

WHERE: Anna Politkovskaya pressroom (SPAAK building, room 0A50) in Brussels, via Interactio and streaming.

During the briefing, Parliament’s press service will present the procedure, schedule, rules and the structure of the confirmation hearings, along with how the Commissioners-designate will be evaluated and the vote on the whole college in plenary.

The press service will also present the findings of the first pan-European post-electoral opinion survey, which was conducted immediately after the June 2024 European elections with more than 26,000 people across all 27 EU countries interviewed to evaluate their voting behaviour and their main priorities.

Interpretation will be provided into English and French.

Journalists who want to actively participate and ask questions remotely, please connect via Interactio by using this:

You can also follow it live from 10.30 on Parliament’s webstreaming.

Information for the media – Use Interactio to ask questions

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When connecting, enter your name and the media you are representing in the first name / last name fields.

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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.

When connected, open the chat window (upper right corner) to be able to see the service messages.

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