When: Friday 13 December at 11.00

Where: Anna Politkovskaya press room in Brussels and via Interactio

Key topics next week include:

• Award of the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought 2024 to María Corina Machado and Edmundo González Urrutia from Venezuela

• Debate on misinformation and disinformation on social media and the dangers for free and fair elections in Europe

• Debate with EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas on latest developments in Syria, its geopolitical implications, and the humanitarian situation in the region

• Debate on Russia’s manipulation of history and use of false narratives to justify its war in Ukraine with EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas

• Debate with EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas on the protests in Georgia following the recent disputed elections

• Debate on MEPs’ demands for the 19 December EU summit and the Western Balkans Summit on 18 December

• EU deforestation law: Vote on postponing its application for one year the…