Today, 29 May 2020, MEPs Valter Flego, Irena Joveva and Klemen Grošelj (Renew Europe) addressed a letter to President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen on opening borders after the Covid-19 pandemic. While most European countries are opening their borders in line with the Commission’s recommendations, some have chosen to bypass them. Distinguished […]
The European Commission invites all interested public to express their views on the European Climate Pact through public consultations. The Green Deal is a new EU strategy to combat climate change, designed to make the European economy more sustainable, cleaner, safer and healthier. To achieve this, the European Commission has decided to involve the public […]
MEP Irena Joveva had a conversation with Macedonian TV journalist for TV24 on 6. April 2020. The central theme was the European Union’s assistance to the Western Balkan countries. In the introduction, the MEP stressed she has always been critical of the Union lateness in dealing with crises, such as financial or migration. “But […]
Today, 2. April 2020, the first online interview with MEPs Irena Joveva and Franc Bogovič was held on the joint initiative of the online media Sobotainfo.com, Mariborinfo.com, Ptujinfo.com, TV Idea and the Europe Direct Pomurje Information Point. A key theme was the European Union’s response to the current events and crisis caused by the COVID-19 […]
Parliamentary question The Western Balkans still constitute a strategic region for the European Union. The enlargement process has proven that EU enlargement helps countries with socio-economic reforms and democratisation, resulting in a win-win situation for both the EU and the candidate country. The possibility of enlargement would keep the Western Balkans on the path of […]
Today, 30 March 2020, an article on the deepening health crisis was published in The Parliament Magazine. MEPs Irena Joveva and her Slovakian colleague Martin Hojsik, both members of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety, have drawn up an article pointing to the rise in antimicrobial resistance. In their view, the […]
MEPs from Slovenia supported the first three legislative measures in the fight against the new coronavirus, which were discussed and voted on today at an extraordinary plenary session of European Parliament. Due to exceptional circumstances of the pandemic, this was the first remote vote in the history of Parliament. MEPs have called on the […]
👋! I haven’t spoken to you in a while, I know. But that doesn’t mean I’m not doing anything. At most, the opposite. Let me explain … I’ve been thinking for days about what to write, how to write. Should I, as another one in the series, explain to you in a broad way what […]
Parliamentary question The European Schools can and should be a paragon of European education, benefiting from the best and most innovative ideas coming from DG EAC. Unfortunately, the schools are currently lagging behind in several of the eight key competences for lifelong learning set out in the Council Recommendation of 22 May 2018 (OJ C 189, […]
Parliamentary question With the Sixth VAT Directive, the European Union adopted a uniform basis for the assessment of goods and services. The Member States are accordingly authorised to have reduced VAT rates for supplies, products or services that have a social or cultural purpose, but these rates must be at least 5 %. Exceptions were allowed […]