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Ms Catia POLIDORI (Italy, EPP/CD)

Mandates

In the political groups

  • Member: Group of the European People's Party since 19/04/2021

In the Assembly

  • since 23/01/2023 Substitute - Italy
  • from 19/04/2021 to 22/01/2023 Representative - Italy

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

  • Member: Committee on Rules, Ethics and Immunities (since 12/04/2025)
  • Ex officio (Rule 44.1 of the Rules of Procedure): Committee on the Election of Judges to the European Court of Human Rights (from 28/01/2025 to 25/01/2026)
  • Chairperson: Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination (from 27/01/2025 to 26/01/2026)
  • Chairperson of the Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination: Bureau of the Assembly (from 27/01/2025 to 26/01/2026)
  • Chairperson of the Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination: Standing Committee (from 27/01/2025 to 26/01/2026)
  • Member: (Former) Committee on Rules of Procedure, Immunities and Institutional Affairs (from 28/04/2023 to 11/04/2025)
  • Full Member: Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination (since 24/04/2023)
  • Full Member: Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy (from 19/04/2021 to 22/01/2023)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Disability, Multiple and Intersectional Discrimination (since 27/01/2026)
  • Ex officio: Sub-Committee on Gender Equality (from 27/01/2025 to 26/01/2026)
  • Ex officio: Sub-Committee on the Rights of Minorities (from 27/01/2025 to 26/01/2026)
  • Ex officio: Sub-Committee on Disability, Multiple and Intersectional Discrimination (from 27/01/2025 to 26/01/2026)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Disability, Multiple and Intersectional Discrimination (from 22/06/2023 to 29/01/2025)
  • Alternate of Ms Licia RONZULLI (Full Member): Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media (since 24/04/2023)
  • Alternate of Mr Francesco BERTI (Full Member): Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media (from 19/04/2021 to 22/01/2023)
  • Alternate of Mr Alberto RIBOLLA (Full Member): Sub-Committee on External Relations (from 27/01/2022 to 22/01/2023)

Interventions

Last speeches

22/04/2026 | 11:08:59 Thank you Mister Chair. Dear colleagues, I would like to thank the rapporteur, my dear friend Ms Zita GURMAI, we will miss you, as you know, and the Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination for the great job that they did. If I may, I would like to take advantage of this excellent work to go the extra mile. I would like to propose to this Assembly, and of course to our Chair, Ms Petra BAYR, with whom we have fought side by side in the same committee, that we consider setting up an ad hoc... 03/10/2025 | 12:05:55 Thank you, Mister Chair. I will continue in Italian. In such a difficult and sad period of war which is so complicated for diplomacy all over the world, I would like to share a piece of good news: two days ago, a first group of 39 students and researchers arrived in Italy from Gaza, on two special flights organised by the Guardia di Finanza, thanks to the collaboration between the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of University and Research and the Conference of Italian... 03/10/2025 | 11:03:57 Thank you. Thank you, Mister Chair. Dear colleagues, as the Chair of the Equality and Non-Discrimination Committee, I'm very proud of this first report from our organisation on this topic, on such a serious violation of human rights and dignity as being subjected to sexual violence. It needs to be tackled for all victims - women and girls, which we have been addressing for a long time and will continue doing so - but also men and boys. We have started to look into the specific situation on... 26/06/2025 | 17:37:10 Thank you, Madame President. Ladies and gentlemen, First of all, I would like to remind you that this report was unanimously adopted at the meeting of the Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination held in Paris on 10 May. I would like to warmly thank our colleague Ms Maryna BARDINA for her work in preparing this report. I would also like to thank all the members who took the floor to support this report, including our Committee's Youth Rapporteur. As Ms Maryna BARDINA reminds us in her... 26/06/2025 | 16:22:05 Thank you, Mister Chair. Dear colleagues, A few months ago, a large delegation from this Assembly, including our President, participated in the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women in New York. Confronted once again with the alarming state of women’s rights globally, and the real backlash against them, we recognised the urgency of taking a strong stance. That’s why we are here now, the Council of Europe cannot come back from the United Nations without a strong answer. Promoting...

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