The speech by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on the state of the Union was largely predictable. As expected, it revolved mainly around the current energy crisis resulting from the Russian aggression against Ukraine. The European Union has proposed a framework of measures, such as an electricity price cap, which will limit prices […]
Today, 15 September 2022, MEP Irena Joveva sent an open letter to the CEOs of digital platforms Amazon Prime, Disney+ and Netflix, urging them to make their services and content available in Slovene. European citizens deserve the right to use content in their mother tongue, regardless of the prevalence of a particular language, she wrote. […]
On the margins of the annual State of the Union address by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen – SOTEU 2022, MEP Irena Joveva attended the State of the Union debate at Hiša EU (House of the EU) on Wednesday, 14 September. In her opinion, von der Leyen’s address was predictable, or at least […]
On Friday, 8 September 2022, MEP Irena Joveva attended a press briefing at Hiša EU (House of the EU) ahead of the September plenary session. The briefing focused on tackling the current energy crisis. Joveva stressed the need for a common response at the European level, and that independence from all fossil fuels is a […]
Written question to the European Commission As the war in Ukraine intensifies, many children with cancer have been forced to leave their homes and hospital beds and flee the country. Cancer itself is a problem, but treatment interruptions, stress and risk of infection might have a fatal effect on these children. Furthermore, in the event […]
Written question to the European Commission Despite unequivocal evidence that the exposure of children to unhealthy food marketing is harmful to both child health and children’s rights, the EU has failed to effectively regulate such marketing for over 15 years. The Audiovisual Media Services Directive (AVMSD) continues to rely on self-regulation, which has consistently proven […]
Below you will find a short statement by Irena Joveva (Renew Europe), MEP and Vice-Chair of the Delegation to the EU-North Macedonia Joint Parliamentary Committee, on the occasion of the agreement reached in the EU to open accession negotiations with Albania and North Macedonia. “I could sum up the current developments in two words: at […]
Written question to the European Commission The recent high-profile report by the Irish Council for Civil Liberties underlines the longstanding concerns about companies processing our personal data for advertisement purposes. There is still a clear need for investigations regarding their compliance with EU law. The report shows that the tracking data and real-world location data […]
Today the Committee on Culture adopted an important report, which I helped to draft on behalf of my Renew Europe Group. The already much debated subject of the COVID-19 pandemic remains one of the most important issues on the EU agenda. And rightly so. Over the last two years, we have been actively trying to […]
Written question to the European Commission A few days ago, the Commission presented a document related to the preparation of the 2023 draft budget (SEC(2022)0250), which proposed a budget of EUR 3.4 billion for Erasmus+. To reflect this flagship programme’s growth and new ambitions for 2021-2027, such as the inclusion of people with fewer opportunities, […]
