When: Tuesday 10 February 2026, 14.00 CET.
Where: European Parliament in Strasbourg, Daphne Caruana Galizia press conference room (WEISS N -1/201).
Who: Parliament’s rapporteurs Lena Düpont (EPP, DE) and Alessandro Ciriani (ECR, IT).
Interpretation will be available into and from Italian, English, French, German, Spanish, Polish.
The press conference will also be webstreamed live on the Parliament’s Multimedia Centre.
How: Accredited media representatives can attend the press conference in person. Journalists may also join the press conference and ask questions remotely via the Interactio platform. When connecting, enter your name and the media organisation 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.
Background
In December 2025 Parliament and Council negotiators reached a political agreement to update the 2024 Asylum Law rules regarding the application of the “safe third countries” concept and establishing an EU list of safe countries of origin. These new provisions will give EU countries additional possibilities to reject asylum requests from applicants coming from countries considered safe or when they could have sought protection in a safe third country outside the EU.
The Civil Liberties Committee endorsed the two provisional deals on 27 January 2026. Plenary votes will take place on Tuesday 10 February from 12.30, following a brief debate among MEPs.
Formal adoption by the Council will follow.
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