Entries by Jasna Gerbec

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 […]

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“Talk about mental health and shatter the stigma.”

A social label attributed to someone for being different, usually unjustified: stigma. A state of physical and mental well-being, non-impaired functioning of the body and mind: health. Unfortunately, stigma also affects health. Especially mental health. Stigma discourages people from seeking help in time. It leads to social exclusion, which worsens an already alarming situation even […]

My work has been fascinating and highly dynamic.

I’m sitting on the sofa thinking. I’m thinking about the experience that has just come to an end, yet is constantly on my mind. My two-month traineeship has gone by in the blink of an eye. Not long ago, I was standing in front of the main entrance of the European Parliament in Brussels, where […]

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“Gluttony … will eat us up.”

The process by which something that is worn out, damaged, becomes as good as new. The definition of restoration. There are many things on our planet that are worn out, damaged. Many of them so much so that, unfortunately, the process described above is impossible. And, sadly, the vast majority of it is down to […]

“We must not tolerate discrimination against Slovenian”

On Tuesday, 4 July 2023, MEP Irena Joveva responded to a request from POPTV’s 24UR programme for a comment on the new amendments to the Act on the public use of the Slovenian language and on the upcoming new European legislation, which could resolve at least part of the problem with discrimination against Slovenian in […]

Committee with recommendations for better EU preparedness in the field of health

The Parliament’s Special Committee on the COVID-19 Pandemic, of which MEP Irena Joveva is a member, has adopted recommendations to improve the European Union’s crisis management and preparedness for possible future health emergencies. MEPs analysed the impact of the pandemic, assessed the effectiveness of EU and national measures, and made specific recommendations to address gaps […]