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Ms Edina DEŠIĆ (Montenegro, EPP/CD)

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Substitute

Bosniak Party

Skupština Crne Gore
ME - 81000 - Podgorica
Montenegro

Working language: English

Declarations of interests:
2026 , 2025

Declarations of interest regarding election observations (if applicable)

Mandates

In the political groups

  • Member: Group of the European People's Party since 27/01/2025

In the Assembly

  • since 27/01/2025 Substitute - Montenegro

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

  • Full Member: Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination (since 26/01/2026)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on the European Social Charter (since 27/01/2026)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on the Rights of Minorities (since 27/01/2026)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Human Rights (from 28/01/2025 to 25/01/2026)
  • Alternate of Mr Mileta RADOVANIĆ (Full Member): Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development (since 28/09/2026)
  • Alternate of Mr Dragan BOJOVIĆ (Full Member): Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights (from 27/01/2025 to 25/01/2026)
  • Alternate of Mr Boris MUGOŠA (Full Member): Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination (from 27/01/2025 to 25/01/2026)
  • Alternate of Mr Miloš KONATAR (Full Member): Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development (from 26/01/2026 to 02/09/2026)

Interventions

Last speeches

30/09/2026 | 11:28:20 Today’s message is simple: journalism must be free, independent and professional. But our reality, as Ms Valentina GRIPPO noticed in the report, is very different. When powerful political or financial actors own, finance or control media outlets, there is a real risk that editorial policies will no longer be guided by professional standards, but by their interests, while the public is presented with a carefully selected version of reality. This is why today’s resolution is so important. It... 29/09/2026 | 18:34:35 Distinguished colleagues, As someone who is coming from a country of 620 000 inhabitants, I am quite aware of the fact that people are our most valuable resource. In a time of significant demographic changes, especially ageing of population in so many countries across Europe, maintaining strong and lasting links with our citizens abroad is not only a matter of identity, it is also a matter of our social, economic and democratic future. Comparing to the number of citizens living in the country... 02/10/2025 | 11:51:21 Thank you, Chair. Dear colleagues, When I talk about Gaza, as a parliamentarian of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), I must say that all the values that we stand for such as human rights, democracy and rule of law are unfortunately unfamiliar for Palestinian people. In the last two years, tens of thousands of civilian lives are lost and around 70% of them were children and women. Millions are displaced from their homes. Shelters are also being bombed together with...

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