Seeking to boost competitiveness and cut red tape, Parliament is expected to greenlight the provisional agreement made with EU member states on simplifying sustainability reporting and due diligence rules for businesses. MEPs worked to reduce the pool of companies falling within the scope of the rules, ease sustainability reporting requirements and remove certain due diligence duties. Read more about the revamped rules here.
Legal Affairs Committee (JURI) rapporteur Jörgen Warborn (EPP, SE) will brief journalists following the plenary vote on the agreed text, scheduled for 16 December 2025.
WHEN: Tuesday 16 December, 15.00 CET
WHERE: European Parliament, Strasbourg, Daphne Caruana Galizia press conference room (Weiss N -1/201), Louise Weiss building and via Interactio, with interpretation to and from English, French, German, Italian, Spanish and Swedish.
HOW: Accredited journalists can attend the press conference in person. Those wishing to participate actively and ask questions remotely can do so via Interactio. The press conference will be streamed live and be made available on demand on Parliament’s Multimedia Centre.
Using Interactio to ask questions
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.
Journalists who have never used Interactio before are asked to connect 30 minutes before the start of the press conference to perform a connection test. IT assistance can be provided if necessary.
When connected, open the chat window (upper right corner) to be able to see the service messages.
For more details, check the connection guidelines and recommendations for remote speakers.
