Last-minute press briefing on Parliament’s constitutive plenary session 

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The European Parliament’s spokesperson will hold a last-minute briefing on Parliament’s 16 - 19 July constitutive session at 9.00 on 16 July.

Key moments this week include:


  • Election of Parliament’s President

  • Election of Parliament’s Bureau: 14 Vice-Presidents and five Quaestors

  • Numerical strength and composition of Parliament’s standing committees and numerical strength of interparliamentary delegations

  • Election of the President of the European Commission

  • The need for the EU's continuous support for Ukraine: statements by political group leaders and vote on a resolution



You can follow it live from 9.00 on Tuesday in Parliament’s Daphne Caruana Galizia press room or via Parliament’s webstreaming and EbS.


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Interpretation of the press briefing will be available in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish and Polish.



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