“The Dutch MEP Sophie in ‘t Veld headed the EU delegation that visited Slovenia recently to investigate the state of the rule of law in the country. She is also demanding sanctions against Poland and Hungary. Will she also investigate the Dutch government after today’s events?” a Twitter profile, reporting on the countries of the …
On Thursday, the European Parliament will vote on a resolution on the rule of law in Slovenia. MEP Romana Tomc from the Slovenian Democratic Party (SDS) believes that the resolution will be adopted and that this will not come as a surprise. “Of course, we expect the resolution to be adopted, as it enjoys the …
We also received an explanation from Dutch MP Sophie in ‘t Veld that those who do not take part in missions can also contribute to the preparation of the reports, and that this often happens. “Can we please stop this,” Sophie concluded. “Now I do not know if it was just proofreading, why does it throw her off …
When asked about why her assistant had edited the report prepared by the European Parliament’s LIBE committee of inquiry, Member of European Parliament Tanja Fajon made the excuse that he only corrected grammatical errors in the document. However, it has now come to light that certain parts of the report are missing. And apparently, it …
The Dutch government of Mark Rutte resigned in January this year after thousands of families were wrongly accused of child welfare fraud and told to pay the money back. In light of the tense political events of recent days, in which the Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte also got unnecessarily involved when he intervened with …
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) …
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 …
The chairwoman of the European Parliament’s Democracy, Rule of Law and Fundamental Rights Monitoring Group, Sophie in ‘t Veld, is currently visiting Slovenia. She came here to get the “real picture” of what is happening in Slovenia, particularly in the field of the rule of law and the media – despite the fact that she …
“Currently trying to clarify the media ‘dictatorship’ for the EU Parliament’s mission. I told them loud and clear what is true: 90 percent of the media is being dictated and brutally used for the political fight by the transitional left – on RTV Slovenia, the main party that is doing this is the SD,” RTV …
