Key topics next week include:

• CO2 emissions reduction targets for new passenger cars and light commercial vehicles
• Including REPowerEU measures in national recovery plans
• Russia’s one-year war of aggression against Ukraine
• Preventing and combatting violence against women
• Debate and vote on the European Central Bank’s policy with its President Christine Lagarde
• Debate on establishing an independent EU Ethics Body
• Debate on the Green Deal Industrial plan, and vote on EU strategy to boost industrial competitiveness, trade and quality jobs
• Formal Sitting with the President of Latvia, Egīls Levits

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.

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…