EU home affairs ministers met at the Extraordinary Justice and Home Affairs Council today in Brussels to continue the discussion on the consequences of the situation in Ukraine. They focused on the reception and registration procedures for persons fleeing Ukraine, on the implementation of material and financial support for member states, and security issues. The …
Prime Minister Janez Janša reiterated that the EU must offer Ukraine a fast track to EU membership, telling BBC World Service radio that this is a strategic decision. “We have to accept the challenge, we have to stop pretending that this is a normal situation and we need 15 years of negotiations and bickering about …
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“Coordination of the declaration of the forthcoming Summit of the European Union with the President of the European Council, Charles Michel, and other colleagues… This is one of the most important political documents in the history of the Union,” Prime Minister of Slovenia, Janez Janša, announced during a recent session. The Prime Minister of the …
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In terms of the gender pay gap, Slovenia is at the very top of the European Union and is even doing much better than Austria, Sweden, Germany, and all neighbouring countries, according to data released by Eurostat on International Women’s Day. Inequality between women and men is still present in many areas, and one of …
President Borut Pahor urged stepping up EU enlargement to the Western Balkans as he appeared in a panel debate at the Munich Security Conference, saying the EU was the only answer to the issues troubling the region. He identified the situation in Bosnia-Herzegovina, the stalled Belgrade-Prishtina dialogue and Bulgaria’s blocking North Macedonia’s EU accession talks …
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EU countries that do not want to take in migrants will have to pay for it in the future. “Those who do not want to take in refugees will be obliged to make a high financial contribution,” French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin said after an informal meeting of EU interior ministers in Lille on Thursday. …
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Slovenia has reiterated its support for the inclusion of nuclear energy in the EU’s taxonomy of sustainable energy sources after the EU Commission unveiled the proposal calling for nuclear and gas energy to be included in the taxonomy. “Slovenia believes nuclear energy will be needed to maintain low-carbon energy production in the long run, not …
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The EU’s current crises can all be traced back to ideological crises. In other words, the EU is hitting the wall precisely because of its nonsensical paradigms. The “Supply Chain Problem” This problem is a direct consequence of the absurd excesses of “globalization”. Globalization in the broadest sense has been around for ages, but it …
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Poland, which is affected by an infringement procedure launched by the European Commission on Tuesday, is fighting back. Warsaw is launching an investigation into abuse of office against the judges of the ECJ. Convictions by the ECJ The tone between the EU and Poland has continued to intensify since Polish constitutional judges in October ruled …
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As a representative of the Slovenian EU presidency, Foreign Minister Anže Logar expressed strong support for the International Criminal Court (ICC) on behalf of the EU and its member states as he addressed via video call on Monday the 20th session of the assembly of states parties to the Rome Statute of the ICC. Logar …
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The EU’s Employment and Social Policy Council reached agreement on a minimum wages directive which is aimed at securing fair pay. Labour Minister Janez Cigler Kralj, who chaired the session, said he was happy such an important agreement had been reached after intensive talks. “Decent and fair pay must be guaranteed for the work that …
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Brussels wants to abolish child protection measures in Hungary through an infringement procedure, the group leader of Hungary’s ruling Fidesz party told Hungary’s public media. He called it disappointing that the European Union was marginalising child protection rights because of the “violent LGBTQ propaganda” targeting children. A referendum is the strongest means against attempts to …
