Each parliamentary committee has a spokesperson that can be contacted about the work of the parliamentary 20 Committees.

The Information Office in Valletta regularly invites journalists to Brussels and Strasbourg to introduce them to the European Parliament. These visits aim at informing journalists about the work of the Members and Observers in the European Parliament.

The city of Strasbourg provides information on hotel accommodation via the "Service EurAccueil".

Internet: www.strasbourg.com/hotels/index.html
Tel.: +33 388 522838
Fax: +33 388 522839

The accreditation permits access to the premises of Parliament and the pressroom with all available facilities.

It is also possible to obtain an accreditation for a specific meeting or event that journalists would like to attend.

The European Parliament has put in place special facilities for the audiovisual press (radio and television). There is also an on-line photo library.  For more information on the audio-visual press service. Press conferences

Preceding Plenary sessions of Parliament the press directorate of Parliament organises or facilitates the organisation of press conferences a press briefing that takes place :

In Strasbourg, in Room LOW N-1/201.

In Brussels, in Room PHS 0A50.

Before Plenary sessions the following press briefings take place:

During Plenary session you can follow parliamentary proceedings live via Europe by Satellite. On Parliaments website the Agenda of each of the Plenary sessions as well as all committee meetings is available.

The database provides you with information on the legislative dossiers of Parliament, you can find on:

On the central website of the European Parliament you can find a special "Press Corner", specially set up for journalists but also of interest to others.  Parliaments press service prepares a number of publications, including briefings on upcoming plenary session, summaries of the highlights after plenary session have ended, briefings on committee work and on the result of the committee meetings.

Parliament offers a common accreditation to all EU institutions for all permanently based journalists in Brussels. This accreditation is valid in all working places of Parliament (Brussels, Luxembourg and Strasbourg). The journalists that do not meet these criteria can obtain an accreditation only for Parliament http://www.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/index.jsp