Dear colleagues,

The informal meeting of justice and home affairs ministers will take place on 6 and 7 July 2020 as part of Germany’s EU Council Presidency.

The options for reporting on the informal meeting of home affairs ministers on 7 July 2020 are stated below. The Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection (BMJV) will provide information separately about the informal meeting of justice ministers on 6 July 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the informal meeting will take place online.

The informal meeting of home affairs ministers on 7 July 2020 will offer the following programme items for reporting:

8.30

Doorstep,

Statement by Federal Minister of the Interior Horst Seehofer with time for a few brief questions

Note: The doorstep will be offered in the form of a video conference and as a photo opportunity. Please refer to the organisational information below regarding participation. The doorstep will also be livestreamed in English, French and German on www.bmi.bund.de/eu2020-livestream and on the Federal Ministry of the Interior’s Twitter account, @BMI_Bund.

Because of restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the photo opportunity can only be offered as led by the pool. See below for pool leaders.

Approximately 9.25

Virtual group photo

Photo opportunity

Note: Because of restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the photo opportunity can only be offered as led by the pool. See below for pool leaders.

9.30

Kick-off, welcoming remarks to the participating delegations by Federal Minister Seehofer

Photo opportunity

Note: Because of restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the photo opportunity can only be offered as led by the pool. See below for pool leaders.

9.30

Start of informal meeting

The ministers’ consultations during the informal meeting are closed to the media.

15.00

Press conference with

Horst Seehofer, Federal Minister of the Interior, Building and Community

Ylva Johansson, European Commissioner for Home Affairs (remotely)

Note: The press conference will be offered exclusively in the form of a video conference. Please refer to the organisational information below regarding participation.

The press conference will also be livestreamed in English, French and German on www.bmi.bund.de/eu2020-livestream and on the Federal Ministry of the Interior’s Twitter account, @BMI_Bund.

Organisational information:

Participation / Accreditation:

Registration is required for all journalists wishing to take part in this event. Permanent accreditations issued by the Press and Information Office of the Federal Government will not be valid.

Journalists wishing to participate in an event must register online at http://www.akkreditierung.bundesregierung.de by 12.00 on 3 July 2020.

We do not currently intend to offer on-site accreditation or accreditation after the deadline.

Notes on the registration process:

1. Please enter your user name and password. If you do not yet have a BPA accreditation profile, you must register for a new account. You will then receive a user name and password, which you can use to log in.
2. Please check your data under “Mein Profil verwalten” (manage my profile) or, if you are registering for a new account, enter and save your data.
3. Switch to the event list under “Anlässe verwalten” (manage events), select the relevant event and register by clicking the button “Anmelden” (register)
4. A new window will appear. After you have ticked/selected the information on accreditation, on data sharing and on the review of security-related circumstances, please confirm by clicking the button “Daten speichern und akkreditieren” (save and accredit data).
5. Once you have filled everything in, “Anmeldung in Bearbeitung” (registration in process) will be displayed under “Status/Anmelden” (status/registration) in the event list. If your request for accreditation is successful, you will receive confirmation of your accreditation by e-mail.
6. Up-to-date information on the event is available at all times under “Anlässe verwalten” (manage events) in your profile at www.akkreditierung.bundesregierung.de.
7. You can delete your profile at any time after your accreditation expires.

If your request for accreditation is successful, you will receive individual links to specific programme items a few days in advance, which you can use to join these events.

Live television:

ARD, as the host broadcaster, will provide a live television signal of all events open to the media and will make it available to interested organisations upon request.

Contact: Werner Melzer, ARD-Hauptstadtstudio:

Tel. +49 (0)30 - 22 88 1710, responsible for production call sheet

You can also receive the signal at no cost and copyright-free via the usual distribution channel from the EU in Brussels.

Pool leaders for the photo opportunity:

TV:

Host broadcaster: see above

Photos:

• Independent journalists of the Federal Press Conference (BPK): Thomas Trutschel, Tel.: +49 (0) 171 / 2895360
• News agencies: Reuters, Joachim Hermann, Tel. +49 (0) 30/ 28885060
• Photo agencies: action press; Torsten Dietrich, Tel.: +49 (0)40/ 554900899