Briefing with Guy Verhofstadt on the Conference on the Future of Europe (16.06)

The briefing with the Coordinator of the EP i delegation is organised in anticipation of the inaugural plenary session that will take place on 19.06 in Strasbourg.

When: Wednesday 16 June 2021, 16:00 (CEST)

Where: European Parliament in Brussels, Anna Politkovskaya press conference room (0A50), Paul-Henri Spaak i building, with physical and remote participation.

Guy Verhofstadt i, in his capacity as EP Delegation Coordinator to the Conference on the Future of Europe, will brief journalists on the positions of the EP delegation, following the first meeting of the 108 MEPs of the Conference Plenary on Monday 14.06.

How: Journalists wishing to actively participate and ask questions, please connect via Interactio: https://broadcaster.interactio.eu/join/66e2-hy1p-1w4u.

Interpretation will be available at the press conference in English, French, German, and Dutch.

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.

The briefing session will be broadcast live on Parliament’s Multimedia Centre and via the Constitutional Affairs Committee’s twitter account @EPInstitutional. All video, audio and photo coverage will be available to download.

COVID-19 prevention measures

Journalists can attend, provided they strictly follow the health restrictions and measures put in place by the Belgian authorities and the European Parliament. Any media physically present at the event are requested to respect social distancing of 1.5 m while on EP premises and to wear a medical face mask at all times. Entrance to Parliament wearing so-called ‘community masks’ or other masks made of textiles won’t be allowed.