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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 (since 28/01/2025)
  • Chairperson: Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination (since 27/01/2025)
  • Chairperson of the Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination: Bureau of the Assembly (since 27/01/2025)
  • Chairperson of the Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination: Standing Committee (since 27/01/2025)
  • 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)
  • Ex officio: Sub-Committee on Gender Equality (since 27/01/2025)
  • Ex officio: Sub-Committee on the Rights of Minorities (since 27/01/2025)
  • Ex officio: Sub-Committee on Disability, Multiple and Intersectional Discrimination (since 27/01/2025)
  • 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

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... 08/04/2025 | 19:02:27 Thank you, Mister President. I will continue in Italian. [in English].   Thank you, Mister Speaker. Thank you very much for your work, but in spite of that I hope you will allow me some remarks. The principle of non-refoulement is a fundamental principle of international law established by the 1951 Geneva Refugee Convention and implies an absolute prohibition of refoulement and collective refoulement. For the members of the Council of Europe, then, the principle has been developed through the... 25/06/2024 | 17:00:18 Thank you, chairman. First of all, I would like to thank my colleague Ms Petra BAYR for her important Report. Today we are dealing with an issue that is as difficult as it is sensitive. We need these women, brave women who defend the rights of other women. We cannot give up their ability to mediate. We cannot give up their courage. We cannot give up their ability to drag other women along and instil this courage. On the other hand, we are not able to protect these women, women whose courage... 22/06/2022 | 16:26:39 I am sure that I can speak for all Italians, who, from the very first moment, condemned, in the strongest terms, the aggression by the Russian Federation against Ukraine and immediately made themselves available to take in the children and women. Just yesterday, our President himself, Mr Sergio Mattarella, whom we have also hosted here, had words of gratitude and, to quote him literally, pointed out that in the actions of these people, the values of our Constitution are reflected. This...

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