Press briefing on next week’s plenary session - Friday, 18 November, at 11.00

Spokespersons for Parliament and for political groups will hold a briefing on the 21-24 November plenary session on Friday at 11.00, in Parliament's Anna Politkovskaya press room.

Key topics next week include:

• "Women on Boards" Directive to boost gender balance in companies set to be approved
• Vote on resolution declaring Russia a state sponsor of terrorism
• Ukraine: vote on €18b loan for 2023 and debate on export of grain and fertilisers
• Iran: Debate on EU response to the increasing crackdown on protests, with Josep Borrell
• Key debate: The need for a European solution on asylum and migration including search and rescue
• Rule of Law: Debate and vote on protecting the EU budget in Hungary
• Debate on the FIFA World Cup 2022 and the Human Rights situation in Qatar
• New rules to better protect the EU's essential infrastructure: Final vote
• EU budget for 2023: debate and vote after conciliation deal
• Ceremony to mark the 70th birthday of Parliament, with speeches by President Metsola and the Prime Ministers of France, Belgium and Luxembourg

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

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.

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• Jaume DUCH GUILLOT

  EP Spokesperson and Director General for Communication

  Contact data:

  • Phone number: (+32) 2 28 43000 (BXL)
  • Phone number: (+33) 3 881 74705 (STR)
  • Mobile number: (+32) 496 59 94 76
  • E-mail: [email protected]

• Delphine COLARD

  Head of Spokesperson's Unit and Deputy Spokesperson

  Contact data:

  • Phone number: (+32) 2 28 43383 (BXL)
  • Phone number: (+33) 3 881 64123 (STR)
  • Mobile number: (+32) 498 98 44 85
  • E-mail: [email protected]

• Neil CORLETT

  Head of the Press Unit

  Contact data:

  • Phone number: (+32) 2 28 42077 (BXL)
  • Phone number: (+33) 3 881 74167 (STR)
  • Mobile number: (+32) 470 89 16 63
  • E-mail: [email protected]