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MEPs convey stark message about rule of law in debate on EU presidency priorities

Published by The Slovenia Times on Tue, 07/06/2021 - 20:59

Strasbourg – MEPs from the majority of political groups in the European Parliament sent PM Janez Janša some stark messages about the rule of law after he presented Slovenia’s EU presidency priorities in the Parliament in Strasbourg on Tuesday. His European People’s Party (EPP) too urged him to promptly appoint European delegated prosecutors.

Slovenian media debate: EP group chair interested in criteria for labelling journalists “left”

Published by The Slovenia Times on Sat, 03/27/2021 - 06:56

Brussels – Slovenian representatives presented differing views on the media situation as they attended Friday’s public debate at the European Parliament in Brussels. The head of the Parliament’s democracy monitoring group, Sophie in ‘t Veld, wanted to know what criteria are used as basis for journalist in Slovenia to be classified as “left”.