Name: EC Midday press briefing of 30/06/2026
Uploaded: 2026-06-30T10:26:26+00:00
Duration: 202 s

EC Midday press briefing of 30/06/2026

30 juin 2026

Sommaire mis à jour le 30 juin 2026

A journalist describes that colleagues covering the 250th US anniversary celebrations were labeled an active threat and later called ‘losers’ by the US ambassador despite being accredited, and asks whether the Commission considers such treatment of journalists appropriate and which EU officials attended the event.

European Commission mar. 30 juin 2026 Commission européenne

00:01 - 01:02

Intervenant 3

Hopefully this is a question for one for both of you or one of you. So on Sunday our colleagues Julius and Sam were at the 250th anniversary celebrations. They were signaled as an active threat by the US ambassador for questioning him putting questions. They had a press accreditation for the event and later I see on social media both journalists were signaled as losers. So my question is whether the Commission considers that appropriate behavior to classify journalists as losers for asking questions in the course of their work.

And just more generally on the event which officials finally attended the US celebrations. Thanks.

01:02 - 01:24

Intervenant 5

Thanks very much for the question. We have seen the media reports. I have no further own information on this so I'm not in a place to comment any further but as always this will be for the national authorities also to look into should there be a follow-up from the journalists' side.

01:24 - 01:26

Intervenant 1

Yes David.

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