Press briefing on next week’s plenary session

Spokespersons for Parliament and for the political groups will hold a briefing on the 8 - 11 September plenary session, on Friday at 11.00 in Parliament's Anna Politkovskaya press room.

WHEN: Friday 5 September at 11.00

WHERE: Anna Politkovskaya press room in Brussels and via Interactio

Key topics next week include:

• State of the European Union: Address by Commission President von der Leyen and debate with MEPs

• Debate on the EU-US trade deal and the prospect of further EU trade agreements

• Debate with EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas on EU action to ensure security guarantees and a just peace for Ukraine, and on the country's progress towards EU membership (with a vote on the latter)

• Debate with EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas on Gaza, combatting famine, the release of hostages, and moving towards a two-state solution, with vote on an accompanying resolution

• Address by Moldovan President Maia Sandu and debate on Russian hybrid threats and interference in the country, with vote on a resolution

• Debate on taxing large digital platforms

• Debate and vote on the revision of the package travel directive

• Debate on the summer's wildfires and heatwave and how to strengthen EU aid and preparedness

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

You can follow it live from 11.00 on Friday in Parliament's Anna Politkovskaya press room or via Parliament's webstreaming and EbS.

Information for the media - Use of Interactio to ask questions

Journalists wishing to participate actively and ask questions, please connect via Interactio using this link: https://ep.interactio.eu/link/pressconfp1611820.

Interactio is only supported on iPads (with the Safari browser) and Mac/Windows (with the Google Chrome browser). For more details, check the connection guidelines and recommendations for remote speakers.

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 questions asked on 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.

• Press room

  Contact data:

  • Phone number: (+33) 3 881 74 005 (STR)