Press briefing on next week’s plenary session | News

When: Friday 18 October at 11.00

Where: Anna Politkovskaya press room in Brussels and via Interactio

Key topics next week include:

• Financial assistance of up to €35bn for Ukraine: debate and vote

• Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought 2024 winner to be announced

• Lebanon: debate on the urgent need for a ceasefire and for safeguarding the UN mission

• Migration: debate on rules to return those with no legal right to stay in Europe

• Debate and vote on China’s aggressive stance on Taiwan

• Strengthening the EU’s internal market: Address by former Prime Minister of Italy Enrico Letta, followed by a debate among MEPs

• 2025 EU budget: MEPs to adopt their position ahead of negotiations with Council

• Award of the Daphne Caruana Galizia Prize for Journalism 2024

Interpretation of the press briefing will be available in English and French.

Journalists wishing to actively participate and ask questions, please connect via Interactio using this link:

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.