I am deeply disturbed by the consequences of Saturday’s events in Austria, where heavily armed Austrian special units – without having a court order and without any prior warning – stormed a symbolic site of remembrance. Uniformed forces, helicopters, drones, long-barrelled weapons and police dogs were deployed against the descendants of victims of Nazi violence, […]
On Tuesday, 23 July 2025, MEP Irena Joveva gave an open, emotional interview to the popular Macedonian magazine Ženski magazin, where she reflected on her roots, childhood, and personal journey from her hometown of Jesenice to the halls of the European Parliament. In an honest and moving conversation, she also spoke about motherhood, political challenges, […]
On Monday, July 11, 2025, Slovenian Member of the European Parliament Irena Joveva gave an in-depth interview to Monitor, an independent Montenegrin weekly. She discussed a range of pressing issues—from the vote of no confidence in European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and the tense geopolitical climate in the Middle East and Serbia, to […]
On Tuesday, July 8, 2025, Slovenian Member of the European Parliament Irena Joveva took part in a plenary debate on the European Commission’s progress report on North Macedonia for the years 2023 and 2024. In a powerful and emotional speech, she reminded her colleagues that the report reflects the European journey of a candidate country […]
On Tuesday, July 8, 2025, Slovenian Member of the European Parliament Irena Joveva took part in the European Parliament’s plenary session during a debate on the state of implementation of the European Media Freedom Act (EMFA) across EU Member States. Joveva opened her remarks by stressing that EMFA stands as one of the cornerstone legislative […]
On Monday, July 7, 2025, Slovenian MEP Irena Joveva addressed the European Parliament during a heated plenary debate ahead of a vote on the resolution “On the remembrance of victims of the post-war communist period in Slovenia.” Her intervention was a sharp condemnation of what she described as a dangerous political rewriting of history: “They […]
“You can’t imagine how toxic it all is. It’s unbearable. And the ‘big macho’ is losing his grip on reality.” “It’s not easy. It’s not pretty. And it’s going to get harder. Uglier. But… if the will of the people is strong enough, it cannot be stopped. And that will—finally—is growing stronger. Hope still lives.” […]
On the day when the world watches the dangerous absurdities of leaders who genuinely believe the world exists solely for their own power… …on the eve of Slovenia’s Statehood Day, a day long dreamed of by generations before us—generations whose persistence and courage laid the foundations of our Republic… …we find ourselves dealing with efforts […]
On Wednesday, June 18, 2025, Member of the European Parliament Irena Joveva participated in the European Parliament’s plenary debate on halting the genocide in Gaza and the possibility of EU sanctions. “Finally. With the title of this debate, this chamber is officially acknowledging what some of us have been saying for years. What is happening […]
On Tuesday, June 17, 2025, Member of the European Parliament Irena Joveva took part in a plenary session of the European Parliament during a debate on the growing threat of instability in the Middle East following escalating Israeli-Iranian military tensions, the review of the EU-Israel Association Agreement, and the genocide in Gaza. Joveva made a […]