Dear youth, I believe that you have all already fully stepped into the year 2024. Just like us. The first plenary session of the year, where I spoke about the state of media freedom in Greece, is behind us. A country that is historically known as the cradle of democracy, but today, unfortunately, is anything […]
On Wednesday, 17 January 2024, MEP Irena Joveva (Freedom/Renew) took part in the debate on the rule of law and media freedom in Greece at the plenary session in Strasbourg. In her introduction, the MEP recalled that Greece is historically known as the cradle of democracy, but today, unfortunately, the country is “in a completely […]
Is it better to do nothing than to start something? And to persevere. “We share your goal of protecting linguistic diversity. We will also carefully consider the issue you raised as part of the evaluation process, and we will be happy to continue to work with you to resolve it.” In the paragraph above, you […]
On Friday, January 12, 2024, MEP Irena Joveva received a response from the Vice-President of the European Commission, Commissioner for Values and Transparency Vera Jourová, and the Commissioner for the Internal Market Thierry Breton, to her public letter calling for a revision of the European Directive on Audiovisual Media Services (AVMS Directive) by supplementing or […]
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 […]