When: Friday 2 May at 11.00

Where: Anna Politkovskaya press room in Brussels and via Interactio

Key topics next week include:

• Debate on and vote on the next long-term budget for the EU
• Debate on US trade measures and global trade opportunities for the EU
• Debate on EU contribution to a just peace deal for Ukraine
• Vote on more flexibility on CO2 emission performance standards for new cars and vans
• Vote on rules to prevent security risks arising from foreign investments in the EU
• Debate and vote on greater flexibility in gas storage refilling to address market and bring down prices
• Commemoration of the end of the World War II
• Debate on the 19 May EU-UK summit in London
• Debate with Kaja Kallas on EU-Türkiye relations, followed by a vote
• Debate on the Iberian peninsula electricity blackout

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

Journalists wishing to participate actively and ask questions, please connect via Interactio using this link: