Press briefing on next week’s plenary session – Friday, 9 June, at 11.00

Spokespersons for Parliament and for political groups will hold a briefing on the 12-15 June plenary session on Friday at 11.00, in Parliament’s Anna Politkovskaya press room.

Key topics next week include:

  • Debate on Nova Kakhovka dam attack and efforts to rebuild Ukraine
  • Debate and vote on first-ever rules for safe and transparent Artificial Intelligence
  • Pegasus spyware inquiry: debate and vote on how to tackle abuse in Europe
  • Making batteries more sustainable, more durable, and better-performing: final vote
  • Debate with President von der Leyen on Parliament’s priorities for the 29-30 June summit
  • Debate on the electoral law, the investigative committee and the rule of law in Poland
  • Formal sitting with the President of KosovoVijosa Osmani
  • This is Europe” debate with Nikos ChristodoulidesPresident of Cyprus

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: https://ep.interactio.eu/66e2-hy1p-1w4u

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 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.