What the state of Israel is doing, especially in Gaza, is being described by many as genocide. Can a person disagree with this? I find that hard to believe. In late December, South Africa took a historic step by documenting the allegations of genocide in an 84-page report, which was then submitted to the International […]
In the last issue of the Pen supplement of the weekly Vestnik last year, MEP Irena Joveva shared her views on the current situation of the Slovenian language in public use and discussed the possibilities for improvement. Joveva, who was among the first to warn and call for an end to discrimination against the Slovenian […]
12 plenary sessions. 21 plenary speeches. Hours and hours of voting, meetings, debates. Finding compromises. Insisting on things that I knew had to stay or be accepted in the texts. Dozens of amendments and appeals tabled or co-signed. No less important coordination within committees and in the framework of trilogues, which often dragged on late […]
My formal education was slowly coming to an end, so I had to think about what and how to continue. Friends often encouraged me to apply for the tenders they sent me, and among them was also the one for an internship with MEP Irena Joveva at the European Parliament in Brussels. I applied. After […]
Unity, perseverance, freedom. Three words that are not only an echo of the past, but also the outline of our future. On Independence and Unity Day, we remember the day when the Slovenian people clearly expressed their will for their country in a plebiscite. A turning point more than three decades ago, when we as […]
MEP Irena Joveva discussed the situation of one year after the Morocco and Qatargate scandals – a review of measures to increase transparency and accountability in the European institutions at the plenary session in Strasbourg on Wednesday, December 13th 2023. She stressed, among other things, that weak measures strengthen political forces whose only goal is […]
On Wednesday, December 13th, 2023, MEP Irena Joveva discussed the European Union’s strategy to help young people coping with the housing and cost of living crisis at the plenary session in Strasbourg. How many of you here have ever made a joke about young people, for example 30-year-olds and 40-year-olds, who still live with their […]
On Friday, 8 December 2023, MEP Irena Joveva spoke with her Slovenian colleagues about the achievements and challenges of her outgoing mandate at a debate in Studio Evropa. ”When I accepted the fact that I cannot change the world, even though it needs to be changed for the better, I focused on the part that […]
For almost two years we have been following the horrors of the war in Ukraine. For more than two months we have been following the horrors of the war in Gaza. Yes, we are following. More or less. We express concern. We condemn. We regret. And we wonder. Every now and then we demand something. […]
At the 22nd meeting of the EU-North Macedonia Joint Parliamentary Committee, which took place during the November plenary session in Strasbourg, MEP Irena Joveva spoke about relations in the region and the state of the media. Among other things, she stressed that the people of the Western Balkans, including – or especially – the citizens […]