Entries by Jasna Gerbec

Joveva for EUobserver: “With my everyday work, I demonstrate that what I preach I do really practise.” (interview)

Hungry for change: young people and MEPs is the subject of a special report by EUobserver. Ahead of next year’s European Parliament elections, EUobserver spoke to MEPs under 35 to find out more about young people’s voice in European legislation – and how they could play a bigger role. Read the interview with MEP Irena […]

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“They are opportunists, and we must not let them dictate the pace of our actions.”

On Tuesday, 12 September 2023, MEP Irena Joveva spoke during the European Parliament plenary session in Strasbourg on combating the normalisation of far-right and far-left discourses including antisemitism. According to her, “normalisation leads to acceptance”, and the discourse of the opportunists, who create fear and mistrust among people for their own gain, must not be […]

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“1592 + 193 = 53.”

1592 + 193 = 53. I knew that the wording of the legislative act was in urgent need of improvement. I knew that some people would want to weaken it. Destroy it. Tear it apart. I knew that many people –including at the negotiating table; I’m sorry to say – did not have the interests […]

“It is so important to be part of the European Union.”

On Saturday, 2 September, MEP Irena Joveva took part in a discussion at the Summer School organised by the Freedom Movement’s Youth Section (Gibanje Svoboda Mladi). They talked about her priorities and key activities, including efforts to end practices that discriminate against Slovenian on digital platforms, the European legislation on media freedom, and the recent […]

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Remember, my dear friends, …

Remember, my dear friends, … … when we could follow content on, say, Facebook and Instagram in the order it was posted, rather than in the way “someone else” decided for us? Well … Finally, we will be able to do so again! And that’s partly my ‘fault’. As of today, all major online platforms […]

”Being flexible, including regarding the use of EU funds, is vital in times of crisis”

On Thursday, 10 August 2023, MEPs Irena Joveva and Klemen Grošelj wrote  to European Commission Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis and Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni asking for further EU action in response to the floods that hit Slovenia. In their letter, they stressed that in the event of natural disasters, the EU should allow countries to reallocate EU […]

”European solidarity is our shared value”

On Wednesday, 9 August 2023, MEP Irena Joveva attended the National Assembly meeting, which was addressed by President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen. Joveva stressed that solidarity is a shared European value. In recent days, Slovenia has been hit by its worst natural disaster in decades. The relentless floods and their aftermath […]

Joveva for Liza Maja magazine: ”Promises are one thing, actions another – and I am a woman of actions.”

Just before the summer break, MEP Irena Joveva gave an interview to Liza Maja magazine, which was published on Thursday, 3 August 2023. In it, she touched on reconciling politics and family life, her insistence that companies respect the Slovenian language, the soon-to-be-adopted European Media Freedom Act and her other priorities. If you want to […]