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Ms Elvira KOVÁCS (Serbia, EPP/CD)

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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)

  • 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) (since 19/03/2021)
  • 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

08/04/2025 | 17:31:11 Distinguished Chair, Dear colleagues, Despite legal proceedings unfolding in line with all reasonable and legal deadlines, the tragic event of 1 November in Novi Sad last year was used as a pretext for action such as physically preventing employees of the courts and prosecutor officers from coming to their workplaces, blocking the Parliament, etc. At the same time, a part of university students shut down the vast majority of the faculties in the country. Lectures and exams were interrupted... 07/04/2025 | 17:15:21 Thank you, distinguished Chair. Dear colleagues, A number of challenges are endangering the capacity to protect the rights of persons belonging to national minorities. The challenge for the authorities is how to build societies in which minorities are not merely tolerated, but respected and perceived as an equal and integral part. In other words, how to achieve the full and effective equality of persons belonging to national minorities. Experience has shown that bringing legislation into line... 27/01/2025 | 17:35:45 Undelivered speech, Rules of Procedure Art. 31.2   Today’s politics of the current parliamentary majority in the Republic of Serbia and the Government it supports, are centered around the most ambitious goal that has been set: that at the end of 2026, Serbia fulfills all the reforms necessary to become a full member of the European Union. The fact that majority is dedicated to its proclaimed reform task, is shown by the results of which I mention only a few. During 2023, a new set of judicial... 01/10/2024 | 20:37:27 (Undelivered speech, Rules of Procedure Art. 31.2)   The Mediterranean lies between Africa’s dreams and Europe’s fears, it is the cradle of Europe yet it is becoming a mass grave, growing larger each year. In recent years, certain Council of Europe member states, politicising an issue that is of a humanitarian nature, have progressively adopted tougher and more restrictive laws and measures, aimed at combating causes that motivate refugees to flee. It goes without any saying, that protecting... 01/10/2024 | 18:19:23 Distinguished President, dear colleagues, The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe is the European political body with the widest democratic legitimacy, since it reflects the parliaments' composition of almost all European countries. Hence, diminishing this scope always carries the risk of undermining its own legitimacy. This might be the case with the decision from January this year not to ratify the credentials of the Azerbaijani delegation. With such a decision, the...

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