“As you cannot throw all of us in the same bin, so you cannot these people! Come to the field. Among them. Bring it on.” This is a (non-edited) part of one of my Facebook posts. It was October 2015. A time of severe humanitarian, refugee, migrant crisis. In my previous life, as I usually […]
In early February 2020, details of the proposed new methodology for the EU enlargement process became publicly known. Following the presentation of the new methodology, MEP Irena Joveva attended a Renew Europe round table discussion where they debated the new methodology with MEPs, representatives of the Western Balkans, Enlargement Commissioner Olivér Várhelyi, Advisor to French […]
Last Friday, 31. January 2020, was particularly exciting for MEP Irena Joveva. She met with representatives of the Association of Pensioners of Slovenia (ZDUS) at House of EU to discuss the challenges faced by the elderly, and then in a relaxed environment exchanged views with the mentors of the combined program Ambassador School of the […]
At the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety, the Croatian Minister of the Environment and Energy, Mr. Tomislav Ćorić presented the program of the Croatian Presidency of the Council of the European Union in the field of environmental policy. “I will speak in my native language, in Slovenian. Thank you very much […]
On Friday, 17. January 2020, a closing conference was held at the House of the European Union as part of the project VSI SMO EU (We are all EU) – Dialogue with Youth. In the first half of 2019, the project was primarily promoting dialogue with young people and maximizing their participation in elections, while […]
MEP Irena Joveva and Klemen Grošelj on Friday, 17. January attended a joint sitting of parliamentary committees – for the European Union (EU) and foreign affairs where they addressed the members of the Slovenian National Assembly. The focus point of a joint sitting of parliamentary committees was on presenting the priorities of the Croatian Presidency […]
The European Parliament awards the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought to deserving individuals and organisations that make an outstanding contribution to the fight for human rights. This year the award was won by an Uyghur human rights activist and Uyghur minority rights activist in China, Ilham Tohti. On Friday, 10th of January 2020, the […]
On the 7th of January 2020, MEP Irena Joveva co-hosted an informal reception of the European Union health Coalition. It is a good starting point for a great beginning of the New Year and a solid foundation for joining forces between policy-makers and partners in the run-up to the second European Union Health summit, set […]
MEP Irena Joveva wrote an opinion for the Emerging Europe web portal regarding Slovenian and European policy and her future projects. I have been a member of the European Parliament since July 2019. My previous career was in journalism; but, today, I am on the other side of the microphone. Honestly, the choice to become […]
On the 3rd of December MEP, Irena Joveva attended an event entitled Shaping the Future of European Union media policy in Brussels. The event started with introductory speech of European Commissioner for Values and Transparency Vera Jourova, followed by four presentations of their visions by media representatives, and three panels on current issues of European […]
