Written question to the European Commission and the Council In connection with the coronavirus pandemic, the Presidents of the European Council and the Commission issued a communication on 15 April emphasising the European approach in the gradual lifting of restrictions. The measures should be based on scientific knowledge, focused on public health, consistent across the […]
Written question to the European Commission On 17 August 2020, the New York Times published an article entitled ‘Taking Hard Line, Greece Turns Back Migrants by Abandoning Them at Sea’. It documents how migrants landing on Greek soil have been forced onto precarious life rafts by the Greek authorities on multiple occasions and dropped at […]
On Tuesday, 27. October 2020, members of Committee on Culture and Education exchanged views with Commissioner Mariya Gabriel and gave their thoughts on the situation on the Hungarian University of Theatre and Film Arts. Thousands of people have formed a chain in the streets of the Hungarian capital Budapest in protest at what they say […]
On Thursday, 22 October 2020, MEPs discussed the serious security threats posed by the sale of European Union passports and visas to third-country nationals. Offering citizenship in exchange for cash undermines the foundations of democracy and exposes our society to corruption. The problem of the so called system of “Golden visas” was firstly pointed out […]
Written question to the European Commission The COVID-19 pandemic has forced a total halt to the shooting of European audiovisual productions, and the sector is still suffering from difficulties. Although measures to ease the lockdowns are allowing activities to gradually resume, insurance companies are not reimbursing the risks linked to COVID-19, putting film crews in […]
On Friday, 11 September 2020, an online debate entitled “Green Deal after the pandemic” took place where MEP Irena Joveva (RE) together with MEP Ljudmila Novak (EPP), State Secretary at the Ministry of the Environment and Spatial Planning dr. Metko Gorišek, Taj Zavodnik from the Society for Sustainable Development Focus, and dr. Luka Omladič, a […]
Written question to the European Commission The Constitutional Court of North Macedonia repealed the Law on Prevention and Protection from Discrimination, which had been adopted in May 2019, due to the failure to meet formal procedural requirements. The key achievement of this law was the prohibition of any discrimination based on race, origin, nationality or […]
Written question to the European Commission Numerous reports have emerged of human rights violations and atrocities allegedly committed by the Croatian police against migrants on the EU border, as well as various disturbing reports from NGOs and in the media that the Commission has yet to make progress with the announced monitoring mechanism intended to […]
MEPs Irena Joveva and dr. Klemen Grošelj addressed a letter to the Vice-President of the European Commission Vera Jourova, European Commissioner designate for Values and Transparency, in which they drew attention to the controversial proposal of media legislation in Slovenia. Honourable Commissioner Věra Jourová, Recently we have been concerned about the reports on proposed changes to […]
MEP Irena Joveva and dr. Klemen Grošelj addressed a letter to the President of the European Parliament David Sassoli in which they drew attention to the tweet of Prime Minister Janša who abused and politicized historical facts of the Srebrenica genocide for purely internal ideological and party purposes. Such political statements and the way of […]