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Ms Elvira KOVÁCS (Serbia, EPP/CD)

Mandates

In the political groups

  • Vice-Chairperson: Group of the European People's Party since 22/01/2024
  • Member: Group of the European People's Party from 24/01/2022 to 21/01/2024
  • Treasurer: Group of the European People's Party from 27/01/2021 to 23/01/2022
  • Member: Group of the European People's Party from 21/12/2020 to 26/01/2021
  • Member: Group of the European People's Party from 11/10/2018 to 20/12/2020
  • Vice-Chairperson: Group of the European People's Party from 08/02/2018 to 10/10/2018
  • Member: Group of the European People's Party from 27/01/2014 to 07/02/2018
  • Vice-Chairperson: Group of the European People's Party from 02/10/2013 to 26/01/2014
  • Member: Group of the European People's Party from 21/01/2013 to 01/10/2013
  • Vice-Chairperson: Group of the European People's Party from 01/10/2007 to 01/10/2012

In the Assembly

  • since 21/12/2020 Representative - Serbia
  • from 23/05/2014 to 20/12/2020 Representative - Serbia
  • from 21/01/2013 to 23/05/2014 Substitute - Serbia
  • from 30/09/2007 to 01/10/2012 Substitute - Serbia

In the committee(s) and sub-committee(s)

  • Chairperson: Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee) (since 26/01/2026)
  • Chairperson of the Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by member states of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee): Bureau of the Assembly (since 26/01/2026)
  • Chairperson of the Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by member states of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee): Standing Committee (since 26/01/2026)
  • Vice-President of the Assembly: Bureau of the Assembly (from 24/01/2022 to 21/01/2024)
  • Vice-President of the Assembly: Standing Committee (from 24/01/2022 to 21/01/2024)
  • Member: Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee) (from 19/03/2021 to 25/01/2026)
  • Full Member: Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination (since 21/12/2020)
  • Full Member: Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development (from 21/12/2020 to 24/01/2021)
  • Chairperson: Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination (from 22/01/2018 to 26/01/2020)
  • Chairperson of the Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination: Bureau of the Assembly (from 22/01/2018 to 26/01/2020)
  • Chairperson of the Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination: Standing Committee (from 22/01/2018 to 26/01/2020)
  • Ex officio (Rule 44.1 of the Rules of Procedure): Committee on the Election of Judges to the European Court of Human Rights (from 22/01/2018 to 26/01/2020)
  • Third Vice-Chairperson: Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination (from 27/01/2015 to 25/01/2016)
  • Full Member: Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development (from 23/05/2014 to 20/12/2020)
  • Full Member: Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination (from 21/01/2013 to 20/12/2020)
  • Full Member: Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media (from 23/01/2012 to 01/10/2012)
  • Full Member: Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination (from 23/01/2012 to 01/10/2012)
  • Third Vice-Chairperson: (Former) Committee on Culture, Science and Education (from 01/10/2007 to 23/01/2012)
  • Member: (Former) Committee on Equal Opportunities for Women and Men (from 01/10/2007 to 23/01/2012)
  • Chairperson: Sub-Committee on the Rights of Minorities (from 27/04/2022 to 22/01/2024)
  • Vice-Chairperson: Sub-Committee on Gender Equality (from 26/01/2021 to 24/01/2022)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Gender Equality (from 21/12/2020 to 29/01/2025)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on the Rights of Minorities (since 21/12/2020)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Gender Equality (from 30/01/2020 to 20/12/2020)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on the Rights of Minorities (from 30/01/2020 to 20/12/2020)
  • Chairperson: Sub-Committee on Gender Equality (from 28/01/2020 to 20/12/2020)
  • Ex officio: Sub-Committee on Gender Equality (from 24/01/2019 to 26/01/2020)
  • Ex officio: Sub-Committee on the Rights of Minorities (from 22/01/2018 to 26/01/2020)
  • Ex officio: Sub-Committee on Disability, Multiple and Intersectional Discrimination (from 22/01/2018 to 26/01/2020)
  • Vice-Chairperson: Sub-Committee on the Rights of Minorities (from 24/01/2017 to 21/01/2018)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on the European Social Charter (from 24/01/2017 to 23/01/2018)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Public Health and Sustainable Development (from 24/01/2017 to 23/01/2018)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on the Rights of Minorities (from 27/01/2015 to 24/01/2018)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on the European Social Charter (from 26/06/2014 to 27/01/2015)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Public Health (from 26/06/2014 to 27/01/2015)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Education, Youth and Sport (from 24/01/2013 to 28/01/2014)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on the Rights of Minorities (from 22/01/2013 to 28/01/2014)
  • Chairperson: Sub-Committee on the Rights of Minorities (from 20/03/2012 to 01/10/2012)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Education, Youth and Sport (from 26/01/2012 to 01/10/2012)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Culture, Diversity and Heritage (from 23/01/2012 to 01/10/2012)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Gender Equality (from 23/01/2012 to 01/10/2012)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on the Rights of Minorities (from 23/01/2012 to 20/03/2012)
  • Member: Sub-Committee on trafficking in human beings (from 27/01/2011 to 23/01/2012)
  • Member: Sub-Committee on the Cultural Heritage (from 01/10/2007 to 23/01/2012)
  • Member: Sub-Committee on Youth and Sport (from 01/10/2007 to 23/01/2012)
  • Member: Sub-Committee on equal participation of women and men in decision-making (from 01/10/2007 to 27/01/2011)
  • Member: Sub-Committee on Violence against Women (from 01/10/2007 to 23/01/2012)
  • Alternate of Ms Dunja SIMONOVIĆ BRATIĆ (Full Member): Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy (since 23/01/2023)
  • Alternate of Mr Djordje MILIĆEVIĆ (Full Member): Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy (from 10/10/2022 to 22/01/2023)
  • Alternate of Mr Djordje MILIĆEVIĆ (Full Member): Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media (from 01/10/2012 to 22/05/2014)
  • Alternate of Mr Dragan TODOROVIĆ (Member): (Former) Committee on the Environment, Agriculture and Local and Regional Affairs (from 25/06/2007 to 23/01/2012)
  • Alternate of Ms Dunja SIMONOVIĆ BRATIĆ (Full Member): Sub-Committee on the Western Balkans (since 25/01/2024)

Interventions

Last speeches

22/04/2026 | 11:29:04 Thank you,  Distinguished Chair, dear colleagues, We must all remind ourselves of the sad fact that in every country in the world, women experience sexual, physical and emotional violence. On the one hand, domestic violence is a widespread form of violence. On the other hand, freedom from violence is a basic human right. Violence against women is a huge problem; its effects are lasting and difficult to overcome. It is a human rights violation that inevitably leads to other violations and... 21/04/2026 | 11:23:12 Distinguished chair, Dear colleagues, For years, there has been an ongoing heated global debate over the precise boundaries between free speech, discrimination and hate speech. If we think of democracy as being built on the twin pillars of majority rule and minority rights, or to put it another way, freedom and equality, they have tended to be better for freedom than equality. We have failed to emphasise the importance of equal rights. We have neglected the idea of reciprocity, which should... 20/04/2026 | 12:37:33 Distinguished Madam President, dear colleagues, Promotion and consolidation of pluralist democracy is one of the main objectives of the Council of Europe and our Parliamentary Assembly. In that case, observation of the parliamentary elections in both Kosovo and Hungary indicates flows and failures in the integrity of the electoral process. Since the last time we discussed Kosovo, there has been an alarming degradation of the situation. No progress has been achieved towards the establishment... 29/01/2026 | 19:57:02 Thank you, distinguished Chair. Dear colleagues, as we heard tonight, North Macedonia joined the Council of Europe back in 1995. Until 2000, North Macedonia was subject to the full monitoring procedure, and since 2000, under the post monitoring dialogue procedure. The previous Assembly's resolution, which was mentioned by our wonderful rapporteur, Resolution 2304 (2019) on North Macedonia, dates from 2019. According to our rules, only two reports can be debated within the framework of the... 27/01/2026 | 19:56:25 Thank you. Distinguished Chair, dear colleagues, I would like to express my really sincere gratitude to the two very experienced rapporteurs for the remarkable and substantial work they have carried out in monitoring the democratic institutions of Bosnia and Herzegovina. As both of them have pointed out, there are many positive developments in Bosnia and Herzegovina, but still also some sensitive issues to be resolved in order to strengthen the institutional and political system and...

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