Entries by Jasna Gerbec

“We actively break down prejudices.”

On 1 December 2023, World AIDS Day, MEP Irena Joveva, in collaboration with the youth and the Freedom Movement parliamentary group, raised awareness among passers-by about the dangers of HIV on Prešeren Square in Ljubljana. Among other things, the MEP, who is the Vice-Chair of the Public Health Committee, presented the European Parliament’s commitment to […]

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“It’s November 29th.”

It’s November 29th. No, I won’t write about the holiday of the former commonwealth, which some of you may have thought of now. I will write about today’s international day, which is marked by uncertainty, worry, pain, death, injustice, but also by tenacious determination and hope for a better tomorrow. Today is the International Day […]

“If there is no political will to act, at least prevent corruption with EU funds.”

“If the Union cannot muster the political will for more concrete measures, it should at least prevent corruption with European taxpayers’ money,” MEP Irena Joveva stressed at a plenary session in Strasbourg on Tuesday, 21 November 2023. The European Parliament discussed the persistent threats to the rule of law, the independence of the judiciary and […]

Joveva for EUobserver: “With my everyday work, I demonstrate that what I preach I do really practise.” (interview)

Hungry for change: young people and MEPs is the subject of a special report by EUobserver. Ahead of next year’s European Parliament elections, EUobserver spoke to MEPs under 35 to find out more about young people’s voice in European legislation – and how they could play a bigger role. Read the interview with MEP Irena […]

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“They are opportunists, and we must not let them dictate the pace of our actions.”

On Tuesday, 12 September 2023, MEP Irena Joveva spoke during the European Parliament plenary session in Strasbourg on combating the normalisation of far-right and far-left discourses including antisemitism. According to her, “normalisation leads to acceptance”, and the discourse of the opportunists, who create fear and mistrust among people for their own gain, must not be […]

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“1592 + 193 = 53.”

1592 + 193 = 53. I knew that the wording of the legislative act was in urgent need of improvement. I knew that some people would want to weaken it. Destroy it. Tear it apart. I knew that many people –including at the negotiating table; I’m sorry to say – did not have the interests […]

“It is so important to be part of the European Union.”

On Saturday, 2 September, MEP Irena Joveva took part in a discussion at the Summer School organised by the Freedom Movement’s Youth Section (Gibanje Svoboda Mladi). They talked about her priorities and key activities, including efforts to end practices that discriminate against Slovenian on digital platforms, the European legislation on media freedom, and the recent […]

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Remember, my dear friends, …

Remember, my dear friends, … … when we could follow content on, say, Facebook and Instagram in the order it was posted, rather than in the way “someone else” decided for us? Well … Finally, we will be able to do so again! And that’s partly my ‘fault’. As of today, all major online platforms […]