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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:
2025 , 2024

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 (since 28/01/2025)
  • 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

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... 29/01/2025 | 18:44:39 "Ladies and gentlemen" [Spoken in French]. At the beginning, I would like to thank the rapporteur, Ms Kate OSAMOR for the excellent text on such an important matter. This report, like many other analyses in this field, points to the worrying and pessimistic scenario for the negative effects of the ageing of the population on the economic system as a whole. Many countries in Europe are confronted with these considerable changes due to population ageing, and my country is no exception to this... 01/10/2024 | 11:08:07 Thank you, dear Chair. Dear colleagues, Mesdames et Messieurs [ladies and gentlemen in French]. It is an honour to address you as a newly appointed head of delegation on the current report and thank you, Mr Stefan SCHENNACH for this excellent report. As we know the right to freedom of expression, including freedom of information is the cornerstone of any functional democracy, ensuring that citizens are able to engage in the public debate and participate in the decision-making process. However...

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