Last-minute press briefing on Parliament’s constitutive plenary session

The European Parliament's spokesperson will hold a last-minute briefing on Parliament's 16 - 19 July constitutive session at 9.00 on 16 July.

Key moments this week include:

• Election of Parliament's President

• Election of Parliament's Bureau: 14 Vice-Presidents and five Quaestors

• Numerical strength and composition of Parliament's standing committees and numerical strength of interparliamentary delegations

• Election of the President of the European Commission

• The need for the EU's continuous support for Ukraine: statements by political group leaders and vote on a resolution

You can follow it live from 9.00 on Tuesday in Parliament's Daphne Caruana Galizia press room or via Parliament's webstreaming and EbS.

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

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• Jaume DUCH GUILLOT

  EP Spokesperson and Director General for Communication

  Kontaktangaben:

  • Telefon: (+32) 2 28 43000 (BXL)
  • Telefon: (+33) 3 881 74705 (STR)
  • Mobiltelefonnummer: (+32) 496 59 94 76
  • E-Mail: [email protected]

• Delphine COLARD

  Head of Spokesperson's Unit and Deputy Spokesperson

  Kontaktangaben:

  • Telefon: (+32) 2 28 43383 (BXL)
  • Telefon: (+33) 3 881 64123 (STR)
  • Mobiltelefonnummer: (+32) 498 98 44 85
  • E-Mail: [email protected]

• Neil CORLETT

  Head of the Press Unit

  Kontaktangaben:

  • Telefon: (+32) 2 28 42077 (BXL)
  • Telefon: (+33) 3 881 74167 (STR)
  • Mobiltelefonnummer: (+32) 470 89 16 63
  • E-Mail: [email protected]