Media Advisory – Special European Council on 17 and 18 July 2020 (update 10/07/2020)

The Special European Council will take place on 17 and 18 July in the Europa building in Brussels.
 
Due to the current COVID-19 measures, no press will be allowed on site. Only a strictly limited pool of TV/photo agencies will be allowed for photo opportunities.

The Council will provide live host broadcasting services and cover the following:

  1. Arrivals and possible statements on arrival from leaders (live)
    Leaders will have the possibility to deliver a statement on arrival in front of a host camera, no possibility for press to ask questions.
  2. Roundtable footage at the beginning of the meeting (live)
  3. Statements on departure (live)
    Leaders will have the possibility to deliver a statement on departure in front of a host camera, no possibility for press to ask questions.
  4. Press conferences and national briefings (live)
    Press will be able to participate in virtual press conferences/national briefings remotely (via Zoom).

More details to follow on how to participate in the virtual press conferences/national briefings;

EU accredited journalists (holders of Council annual badges and journalists who got an accreditation for the June 2019 European Council meeting or later meetings) will be able to watch and listen to national briefings and ask questions remotely.

Host TV/photo live and on demand:

EBU NEWS EVENTS DISTRIBUTION OF HOST POOL SIGNALS:

EBU News Events will be distributing all host broadcaster pool signals, access to all, free of rights and free of charge. Signals will be available LIVE via satellite and on our NEWSDIRECT platform.

To access the pool signals via satellite, please click on https://www.eurovision.net/events/news/politics/46761 and follow the instructions.

Provisional programme:

FEED 1 – PRIMARY POOL LIVE SIGNAL (Arrivals and declarations on arrival, Round Table, Final EU Presidents Presser, Exit doorsteps)
FEED 2 – SECONDARY POOL SIGNAL (Simultaneous LIVE events (arrival/exit doorsteps) & Cutaways)
FEED 3 to FEED 10 – LIVE NATIONAL BRIEFINGS TBA

All content will be available in broadcast quality for TV and Radios on the Eurovision News Event NEWSDIRECT platform. Log on here to download the content you need: https://newsdirect.ebu.ch/

For more information and user’s guide, please click here:

https://workspace.ebu.ch/spaces/viewspace.action?key=NEWSDIRECT

For all inquiries: [email protected]

For more details on the Special European Council, see the meeting page.