One of the items on the agenda which Biljana Pantic Pilja and Dunja Simonovic Bratic took part in concerned the consideration of the Information Note of rapporteur Dora Bakoyannis regarding the Statutory Opinion on the request for membership set out in the letter of 12 May 2022 addressed to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, in line with Statutory Resolution 51(30). Regarding the application of so-called Kosovo for membership in the Council of Europe, at the beginning of her address, Dora Bakoyannis stressed that the actions that marginalise the Serbian community in the north of Kosovo have intensified at the beginning of the year due to the announcement that the Central Bank of so-called Kosovo is adopting a new regulation banning all currencies except the euro for transactions. Given that the Government of Serbia financially supports key health and educational institutions in the north of Kosovo-Metohija, that decree is perceived as directed against the survival of the Serbian community in that region.

She underlined that there is a certain democratic threshold below which no candidate should be admitted into the Council of Europe, and in this particular case the specific requirements are clear. The first concerns the non-execution of the Constitutional Court's verdict in the case of Visoki Decani Monastery, in which the Constitutional Court confirmed the monastery's legal ownership of 24 hectares of land, but to date the court's decision has not been implemented, and it was met with harsh criticism from the Pristina authorities. "Although it is true that neither the President nor the Prime Minister can interfere in court proceedings, the institutions are responsible for the implementation of court decisions," Bakoyannis said, as well as that legal experts, including those in the Council of Europe, insist on the implementation of the decision and that any attempt to review such a decision would result in a general climate of legal uncertainty. Another condition is the establishment of the Community of Serb Municipalities, which she pointed out represents an international obligation and the most concrete way to ensure the effective protection of the Serbian community in the northern municipalities. The third is the expropriation of land in municipalities with a majority Serb population.

The head of the Serbian delegation to PACE, Biljana Pantic Pilja, emphasised that so-called Kosovo is not a state internationally recognised by the UN. She declared the Information Note as very objective, adding that the establishment of the Community of Serb Municipalities is considered a necessary condition for the effective protection of human rights, as stated in point 43 of the Information Note. It is an international obligation that Serbia has been waiting for for more than 10 years.

Talking about human rights, Pantic Pilja said there is no mention of the attempted murder of two Serbian boys last Christmas, which no one is still held responsible for. Speaking about national minorities, there is no mention of the Serbian population living in terrible conditions in the north of Kosovo-Metohija. She pointed out that 11% of Serbs have left their homes, which recalls a mass exodus of the population.

Biljana Pantic Pilja referred to articles 3 and 4 of the Council of Europe statute which state that only a state that respects and accepts the principles of the rule of law and enjoyment of human rights can be a member of the Council of Europe, which is not the case here, because Kosovo-Metohija is not a state, but an entity, and there is no mention of respect for human rights.

MP Dunja Simonovic Bratic pointed out that Serbia is being met with objectivity for the first time and referred to point 35 of the Information Note (...It is the first time in the history of the Organisation that, as part of the consideration of the application for accession, a direct connection was established with the political process with the mediation of another international organisation). She underlined that the Council of Europe is not a geopolitical alliance, and that the so-called Kosovo was, is and will be part of the Republic of Serbia. She added that the Pristina authorities expect support, while on the other hand, they do not fulfill their contractual obligations and thus do not show respect to the European community whose support they seek. Simonovic Bratic posed a question to the members of the Committee, investigating the reasons why Kurti has confidence and support, since leading to his election campaign he is pursuing a destructive policy based on the cleansing of the Serbian community.

Elvira Kovacs also took part in the political committee meeting, as rapporteur on the "Relationship between the parliamentary majority and the opposition in a democracy".