Press conference on updated air passenger rights on Tuesday at 14.00

When: Tuesday 7 July 2026, 14.00 CET.

Where: European Parliament in Strasbourg, Daphne Caruana Galizia press conference room (WEISS N -1/201).

Who: Parliament’s rapporteur Andrey Novakov (EPP, BG) and Transport and Tourism Committee vice-chair Virginijus Sinkevičius (Greens, LT).

How: Accredited media representatives are invited to physically attend the press conference. In addition, journalists can join the press conference and ask questions remotely via Interactio platform. 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.

Interpretation will be available in English, French, German, Italian, Bulgarian and Lithuanian.

The press conference will also be web streamed live and recorded on the Parliament’s Multimedia Centre. You can follow it here.

Background

Since 2014, the European Parliament has been ready to update EU air passenger rights rules, which have been in force since 2004 and the purpose of which are to ensure passengers are sufficiently protected against travel disruptions. However, differing positions between EU countries led to progress on this file failing to advance for 11 years. In June 2025, EU ministers managed to overcome their difference, opening the way for negotiations with Parliament. After an intense year of interinstitutional talks Parliament and Council negotiators managed to reach a compromise text on the review of current rules, to be confirmed in a final plenary vote on Tuesday (7 July) and later in Council.