Key topics next week include:

• State of the European Union debate with Commission President von der Leyen;
• formal sitting with Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya;
• debate and final vote on legislation to boost the use of renewable energy;
• debate and vote on Parliament’s position on the critical raw materials act;
• improving EU air quality: debate and vote on Parliament’s position;
• joint procurement of defence products: debate and final vote;
• violence and discrimination in the world of sports after the FIFA Women’s World Cup: debate;
• vote on Commissioner-designate Iliana Ivanova from Bulgaria.

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+.