On Wednesday, 10 May 2023, MEP Irena Joveva discussed an update of the EU’s anti-corruption legislative framework at the plenary session in Strasbourg. She underscored that those elected to the European Parliament are there to act for the common good of all people, not to make lives easier for “individuals with deep pockets”, thereby seeking […]
On Friday and Saturday, 5 and 6 May 2023, MEP Irena Joveva hosted a two-day meeting on behalf of the ”Renew Europe Goes Local – Slovenija: osrednji del evropske zgodbe” (”Renew Europe Goes Local – Slovenia: a central part of the European story”), where she presented the work of her political group at the European […]
When I received the news in the summer that I had been accepted for a traineeship in the office of MEP Irena Joveva, I was of course thrilled and eager for the opportunity. But as the weeks turned into days before I was due to leave, I felt a sense of uncertainty creeping in. With […]
“Migration, of whichever kind, is inevitably accompanied with the questioning of one’s own identity. With the search for an answer to the question: who am I, really? It is accompanied with dealing with the multilayered nature of identity from the perspective of nationality, ethnicity and other spatially based feelings of belonging,” MEP Irena Joveva told […]
On Monday, 24 April 2023, MEP Irena Joveva visited Maribor. Together with secondary school students from the Prva Gimnazija Maribor, she first attended the presentation of didactic material on the European Union to pre-school children. The booklet introduces the meaning and purpose of the European Union to the youngest children in a simple way, through […]
“In all Member States we are seeing issues in healthcare systems. There are shortages of doctors and medicines in every state. It is a common EU problem,” said MEP Irena Joveva, Vice-Chair of the Subcommittee on Public Health (SANT), speaking to the Czech portal Zdravotnicky denik. This is just one of many important public health […]
On Wednesday, 26 April 2023, MEP Irena Joveva attended the 3rd Young Political Leaders’ conference, this time organised under the title Bridging the Gap – Western Balkans. The event aims to reinforce youth engagement in politics through discussions on issues such as the role of youth in the enlargement process, green transition and disinformation. The […]
On Wednesday, 19 April 2023, MEP Irena Joveva spoke at the plenary session in Strasbourg on the EU Global Health Strategy. Stressing the importance of solidarity and of helping everyone in need, particularly in health care, she added that in implementing EU strategies, institutions should not forget to resolve our issues. Joveva’s opening remarks were […]
On Wednesday, 19 April 2023, during the Strasbourg plenary session, MEP Irena Joveva contributed to the topical debate Keeping people healthy, water drinkable and soil liveable: getting rid of forever pollutants and strengthening EU chemical legislation now. She said that there has been enough delay in the overhaul of the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction […]
On Monday, 18 April 2023, MEP Irena Joveva appeared as a guest of the Jezikovni Pogovori (Language Talks) programme on Slovenia’s Radio Ars. She talked about how important it is that the Slovenian language is present in the digital world and about her fight in this respect, stressing that this should not be an ideological […]