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Ladislav Ilčić is an MEP for Croatia, sitting with the European Conservatives and Reformists Group (ECR). He is a member of the “Croatian Sovereignists” party, a former member of the Croatian Parliament (2015-2016), special adviser to the ministers of Foreign Affairs (2016-2017) and Culture (2017-2018), and has served as city councilor on the Varaždin City Council (2013-2017). He is also an accomplished musician, a violinist and member of the Symphonic orchestra of the Croatian radio/ television since 1995.
In this this episode of the Brussels Report podcast, BrusselsReport.eu editor Pieter Cleppe discusses the following topics with him:
– The Conference on the Future of Europe and the ECR Campaign around this
– The conclusions of the ECR’s conference on the Western Balkans, the local situation and the responsibility of the European Union
– The idea of a “mini-Schengen” for the six Balkan countries that are currently not a member of the EU
– His vision for the EU, and the importance of the subsidiarity principle
"Civil society in #Europe is in a bad state. It consists not of civil society associations anymore, but by institutes that promote the ideas of politicians who finance them."
📣 ECR MEP @ladislav_ilcic | #EPlenary #civilsociety pic.twitter.com/PnRgYScWgL
— ECR Group (@ecrgroup) March 7, 2022
"There’s a tendency in European left-wing policy to impose one worldview on all countries. They don’t respect the principle of subsidiarity that allows countries to be different" 🗣️ @ladislav_ilcic #ResetEU
🔴 Watch the #WesternBalkans Summit LIVE now
🔗 https://t.co/kyYM37NCme pic.twitter.com/KOtp6aqENH— ECR Group (@ecrgroup) March 30, 2022
"There are left-wing efforts in the @Europarl_EN to make nations disappear. But that will not work. You have to respect the different ethnic groups & find a balance"
🗣️ MEP @ladislav_ilcic stands up for nations at the #WesternBalkans Summit #ResetEU
🔴🔗 https://t.co/kyYM37NCme pic.twitter.com/ial25PyYGe
— ECR Group (@ecrgroup) March 30, 2022
"Abortion law is the responsibility of national parliaments," MEP @ladislav_ilcic tells the European Parliament #EPlenary ⤵️ pic.twitter.com/itWZxpTxuR
— ECR Group (@ecrgroup) January 20, 2022
