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 […]
At the march plenary meeting MEPs discussed the outbreak of a new fast-spreading coronavirus (COVID-19) across Europe and the world, as well as the European Union’s response to it. A number of MEPs during the debate on coronavirus have pointed out that solidarity and co-operation are crucial in Europe in the context of the coronavirus […]
On Friday, 6. March 2020, MEPs met with reporters before the March plenary session of the European Parliament, which will this time be exceptionally held in Brussels. The key topics that were discussed during the briefing with reporters were the European Climate Law, the situation at the border between Greece and Turkey, the situation at […]
“You must not stop at every ‘no’.” The sentence I remembered most from last week. To which I owe you a blog post, and before that I apologise for not doing so over the weekend. Last week we didn’t have to go to Brussels or Strasbourg or anywhere. We were able to stay home. If […]
Parliamentary question In 2016, 1.3 million people died from cancer in the EU-28, representing more than one quarter (26.0 %) of total deaths. Projections suggest that the incidence of cancer could double by 2035. The Commission President, Ursula von der Leyen, has announced her intention to bring forward a plan for the new legislature to fight […]