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Ms Marija PETRUSHEVSKA (North Macedonia, EPP/CD)

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Representative
M.P.
VMRO - Democratic Party for Macedonian National Unity

Assembly of North Macedonia
MK - 1000 - Skopje
North Macedonia

Working language: English

Declarations of interests:
2026 , 2025 , 2024

Declarations of interest regarding election observations (if applicable)

Mandates

In the political groups

  • Member: Group of the European People's Party since 30/09/2024

In the Assembly

  • since 30/09/2024 Representative - North Macedonia

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

  • Chairperson of national delegation: Standing Committee (since 30/09/2024)
  • Full Member: Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy (since 30/09/2024)
  • Member: Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee) (since 30/09/2024)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on External Relations (from 28/01/2025 to 27/01/2026)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on the Western Balkans (since 03/10/2024)
  • Alternate of Ms Bisera KOSTADINOVSKA-STOJCHEVSKA (Full Member): Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights (since 30/09/2024)

Interventions

Last speeches

01/10/2025 | 18:22:25 Distinguished President, Mesdames et messieurs. Let me begin by thanking the rapporteur for this important report. Bulgaria continues to refuse to implement the judgments of the European Court of Human Rights. As highlighted in the report, there remain serious concerns regarding human rights, including those of the ethnic Macedonian minorities. Macedonians are not included in minority programmes, they receive no assistance and they have no representatives in consultative bodies. Their... 01/10/2025 | 16:12:24 Thank you, Madam President, [in French] Dear colleagues, Let me begin by expressing my appreciation for the work of the rapporteur and by underlining my strong support for the initiative “Strengthening the youth perspective in the work of the Parliamentary Assembly”. I myself began as a young activist, part of the largest political youth organisation in my country. As we often say: “Once a member of the union of youth forces, always a member of the youth forces.” I fully agree with the... 26/06/2025 | 15:43:04 Thank you, distinguished President. Dear colleagues, Madames et Monsieurs,  Let me begin by congratulating the rapporteur for her excellent job and excellent report. The Council of Europe has made significant progress across Europe in recent decades by championing many reforms: from combatting violence to promoting political participation. Women's rights are human rights. Yet, does a Member State of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe know that by not complying with the... 30/01/2025 | 18:22:22 Thank you, distinguished chair, Dear colleagues, I would like to congratulate and thank the rapporteur on her work.  Communication on the Internet and social networks provides us with the freedom to express ourselves freely on various topics that we are interested in. However, concerns have been expressed that hate speech and disinformation spread on the social media might undermine the social cohesion and democratic integrity of a society. Social media platforms have become major channels... 30/01/2025 | 16:36:15 "Thank you, Madam President. Ladies and gentlemen," [spoken in French] I would like to begin with congratulating the rapporteur on her excellent report. As stated in the previous resolutions adopted by the Assembly “equality between women and men in the economy is a precondition for advances in all other spheres of public and political life”. Macroeconomic policies, health, education, and the living standard of people can improve if we consider the different needs of female and male citizens...

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