Written question to the European Commission As the war in Ukraine intensifies, many children with cancer have been forced to leave their homes and hospital beds and flee the country. Cancer itself is a problem, but treatment interruptions, stress and risk of infection might have a fatal effect on these children. Furthermore, in the event […]
Written question to the European Commission Despite unequivocal evidence that the exposure of children to unhealthy food marketing is harmful to both child health and children’s rights, the EU has failed to effectively regulate such marketing for over 15 years. The Audiovisual Media Services Directive (AVMSD) continues to rely on self-regulation, which has consistently proven […]
Below you will find a short statement by Irena Joveva (Renew Europe), MEP and Vice-Chair of the Delegation to the EU-North Macedonia Joint Parliamentary Committee, on the occasion of the agreement reached in the EU to open accession negotiations with Albania and North Macedonia. “I could sum up the current developments in two words: at […]
Written question to the European Commission The recent high-profile report by the Irish Council for Civil Liberties underlines the longstanding concerns about companies processing our personal data for advertisement purposes. There is still a clear need for investigations regarding their compliance with EU law. The report shows that the tracking data and real-world location data […]
Today the Committee on Culture adopted an important report, which I helped to draft on behalf of my Renew Europe Group. The already much debated subject of the COVID-19 pandemic remains one of the most important issues on the EU agenda. And rightly so. Over the last two years, we have been actively trying to […]
Written question to the European Commission A few days ago, the Commission presented a document related to the preparation of the 2023 draft budget (SEC(2022)0250), which proposed a budget of EUR 3.4 billion for Erasmus+. To reflect this flagship programme’s growth and new ambitions for 2021-2027, such as the inclusion of people with fewer opportunities, […]
Written question to the European Commission On 8 February 2022, more than 1 800 scientists and over 160 NGOs from all over the world addressed a letter to the Commission urging it to stop the construction of a wall on the Polish-Belarusian border. Construction of the wall will impact protected and valuable natural areas, including […]
Written question to the European Commission The war in Ukraine is generating an unprecedented humanitarian crisis. Over four million Ukrainians refugees have arrived in the EU, of which one million minors who were forced to interrupt their studies and training activities. This will have a serious impact on Ukraine’s recovery in the post‑war phase. Since […]
I am proud to announce that I am now a full member of a second committee in the European Parliament, the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs! So far, I have been a substitute member of this committee, as I continue to be of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety, and […]
Written question to the European Commission ‘Culture is and must be at the heart of the European project’ – this is Commissioner Hahn’s strong statement in the recently published Commission proposal for the 2023 EU budget. We – the members of the Cultural Creators Friendship Group – fully agree. In the light of the proposed […]
