Sophie in ‘t Veld’s delegation’s mission to Slovenia was actually quite a mystery. It was virtually impossible to get a list of the people who were invited to the meetings at all, and if one did manage to get a list, it later turned out to be wrong. Slovenian MEP Romana Tomc also pointed out …
In recent weeks, two Dutch politicians – Dion Grauss (Party for Freedom – PVV) and Theo Hiddema (Forum for Democracy – FVD) have been discredited due to their handling of parliamentary benefits. And now, with the upcoming European elections, questions have also arisen about the daily allowances of the leader of the Democrats 66 (D66) …
There is no doubt that there are terrorists who have entered Europe via illegal migration routes, and that among them there are some who have been hidden by Muslim communities. But it’s not so much about the number of immigrants, but about how immigration works, how integrated Muslims feel. This, of course, is their responsibility, …
I use military jargon to make it clear that we are in a battle. It is a struggle that the centre-right is waging not to take part in it, but to win it, to “stabilise and rebuild” Rome, through three slogans that, in this time of extreme decay and material and idealistic neglect of our …
The Office for Slovenians Abroad is to see its annual budget increase from EUR 10.17 million this year to EUR 10.7 million in 2022 and to a record EUR 11.3 million in 2023. This follows from the national budget documents for the coming two years that were reviewed by the parliamentary Commission for Slovenians Abroad. …
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The left in the European Parliament wants to criminalize center-right governments, Milan Zver told Magyar Hírlap. A delegation from the European Parliament’s Committee on Fundamental Rights visited Ljubljana. Milan Zver, a member of the European Parliament for the Slovenian ruling party, told the Hungarian daily Magyar Hírlapthat he did not expect a balanced assessment. A delegation …
The delegation of the Committee of the European Parliament, headed by Sophie in ‘t Veld, came to a three-day visit to Slovenia this week. They were supposed to also have a meeting with representatives of the Ministry of Culture, but because the MEPs did not allow the meeting to be filmed, the ministry cancelled it. …
A special fact-finding group from the European Parliament visited Slovenia this week in order to check what is going on in our country in person. The leader of the mission, Sophie in ‘t Veld, emphasised that the delegation’s intention was not to overthrow the government but to establish the facts. “Our task is to monitor …
Who does David Sassoli think he is, warning the Prime Minister Janez Janša about “attacks” on Members of the European Parliament also being attacks on European citizens? And on what basis can the President of the European Parliament, who lost 70 percent of his voters in ten years, even accuse the Slovenian Prime Minister of …
If a Social Democrat-led government is formed in Berlin in the near future, which is increasingly expected, Ljubljana will become the westernmost European capital of the center-right movement, which is very uncomfortable for the party family that has dominated EU politics for decades. The future of the European People’s Party (EPP) is bleak, according to Politico,which …
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They came today and will stay until Friday. Of course, this is about LIBE, the European Parliament Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. This is a committee that painted a black image of Slovenia in the field of media months ago, and now the representatives of this committee have come to Slovenia, where …
A school’s administration has cancelled Halloween celebrations over concerns about student equity and inclusion because Black boys did not want to participate. A Seattle elementary school has cancelled Halloween activities because Black males do not celebrate and, more generally, students of colour feel marginalised by the holiday. The school delivered the news in a newsletter …
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