High-level debate on the EU long-term budget

10 November 2026

OTHER European Parliament

08:36 - 10:19
Speaker 1
Good morning.  Can I ask you to take your seats?  We are about to start.  Good morning and welcome to this fifth European Parliament event on the next EU long-term budget with EU civil society.  I'm Delphine Colard, the spokesperson of the European Parliament, and I will be moderating the discussion this morning. 

We expect the event to run until 12:30. 

Before giving the floor to our Director-General Christian Mangold, Director-General for Communication, I would like to provide you with a few house rules and practical information to ensure that the event runs smoothly.  First, I need to mention that our proceedings are live-streamed on the Europarl website and on LinkedIn.  So, also a very warm welcome to our viewers online.  You can use the headphones to listen to the speakers, adjust the volume.  No interpretation is provided, but for accessibility, you will have seen that speech-to-text live transcription is provided. 

You have a QR code on the screen that you can use to that effect.  There will also be plenty of opportunities to ask questions to the panels.  And of course, once given the floor, please activate your microphone by pushing the button, first mention your name and your association, and then ask your question in a concise way so that we can take several of them.  And please specify to whom you address your question in the panel.  This is always helpful for the speakers. 

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