Press briefing on this week’s plenary session

European Parliament’s spokespersons will hold a last-minute briefing on the 7 – 10 October plenary session today at 16.30.

When: Monday 7 October at 16.30

Where: Daphne Caruana Galizia Press room and via Interactio

Key topics next week include:

  • Escalating violence in the Middle East and the situation in Lebanon: debate with Josep Borrell;
  • Debate on the anniversary of the terrorist attack by Hamas on Israel;
  • Debates on the implications of the reintroduction of border controls for the travel-free Schengen area and on the management of Europe’s external borders;
  • Debate with Prime Minister Viktor Orbán on the programme for Hungary’s six-month Council Presidency;
  • Parliament’s priorities for the 17 – 18 October European Council;
  • Debates on the crisis in the EU’s automotive industry and on how to ensure affordable and decent housing;
  • Decent and affordable housing in Europe: debate
  • Georgia: debate and vote on the state of Georgia’s declining democracy, with EU foreign policy chief Borrell;
  • Moldova: debate and vote on Russian attempts to interfere in Moldova’s presidential elections, with EU foreign policy chief Borrell.