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 […]
“As you cannot throw all of us in the same bin, so you cannot these people! Come to the field. Among them. Bring it on.” This is a (non-edited) part of one of my Facebook posts. It was October 2015. A time of severe humanitarian, refugee, migrant crisis. In my previous life, as I usually […]
In early February 2020, details of the proposed new methodology for the EU enlargement process became publicly known. Following the presentation of the new methodology, MEP Irena Joveva attended a Renew Europe round table discussion where they debated the new methodology with MEPs, representatives of the Western Balkans, Enlargement Commissioner Olivér Várhelyi, Advisor to French […]
Last Friday, 31. January 2020, was particularly exciting for MEP Irena Joveva. She met with representatives of the Association of Pensioners of Slovenia (ZDUS) at House of EU to discuss the challenges faced by the elderly, and then in a relaxed environment exchanged views with the mentors of the combined program Ambassador School of the […]
At the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety, the Croatian Minister of the Environment and Energy, Mr. Tomislav Ćorić presented the program of the Croatian Presidency of the Council of the European Union in the field of environmental policy. “I will speak in my native language, in Slovenian. Thank you very much […]
On Friday, 17. January 2020, a closing conference was held at the House of the European Union as part of the project VSI SMO EU (We are all EU) – Dialogue with Youth. In the first half of 2019, the project was primarily promoting dialogue with young people and maximizing their participation in elections, while […]
MEP Irena Joveva and Klemen Grošelj on Friday, 17. January attended a joint sitting of parliamentary committees – for the European Union (EU) and foreign affairs where they addressed the members of the Slovenian National Assembly. The focus point of a joint sitting of parliamentary committees was on presenting the priorities of the Croatian Presidency […]