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Decision

2025 Commission report on Montenegro

Effect
Adopted
Result
486 for · 101 against · 75 abstained roll call
Date
17 June 2026, 14:15–14:16
Kind
Resolution
More facts (9)
Margin
by a large majority
Source
Committee report by Marjan Šarec
Topics
Foreign affairs Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes
8 votes · 6 roll calls · 4 amendments
Requested by
S&D (1 roll call) · Renew (1 roll call) · ECR (1 roll call, 1 separate vote) · ESN (1 roll call)
Final vote
193527
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Result

The final vote and what it means for this kind of decision.

Final vote: 486 for, 101 against, 75 abstained (roll call).

Adopted by a large majority.

Parliament adopted the text as its official position.

Before the final vote, MEPs decided on 4 amendments (3 adopted, 1 rejected) and 3 parts of the text voted on separately (2 adopted, 1 rejected).

Backed by Greens, S&D, Renew, EPP and ECR; opposed by Patriots and ESN; The Left mostly abstained.

Groups

Members' votes, each counted in the group they belonged to on the day. No vote: in office that day, no position recorded. Majority line: the most common position. Clear line: a position with at least two thirds of the group's votes (at least 10 members voting), otherwise Divided. Cohesion: Agreement Index, 0 = evenly split, 1 = all voted the same (method).
GroupForAgainstAbst.No voteMajority lineClear lineCohesionBar
The LeftFor 9Against 2Abst. 33No vote 1 of 45Majority line AbstainedClear line Abstained Cohesion 0.63
GreensFor 46Against 0Abst. 0No vote 7 of 53Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
S&DFor 125Against 0Abst. 0No vote 10 of 135Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
RenewFor 69Against 0Abst. 0No vote 9 of 78Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
EPPFor 164Against 2Abst. 4No vote 15 of 185Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.95
ECRFor 61Against 10Abst. 6No vote 5 of 82Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.69
PatriotsFor 7Against 52Abst. 19No vote 7 of 85Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.50
ESNFor 0Against 21Abst. 4No vote 2 of 27Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.76
No groupFor 5Against 14Abst. 9No vote 1 of 29Majority line —Clear line No line Cohesion —

Members who changed group are counted in the group of the day: Branko GRIMS changed group, Elena YONCHEVA changed group, Taner KABILOV changed group.

Voted against their group, 63

Members who voted otherwise than a clear line (at least two thirds of the votes cast, at least 10 members voting) of the group they sat in that day. A group without a clear line is divided and not counted.

Countries

The final vote by national delegation.

Votes by country (27 delegations)
Members' votes by country. No vote: in office that day, no position recorded. Cohesion: Agreement Index of the delegation, 0 = evenly split, 1 = all the same; it reflects the mix of groups (method).
CountryForAgainstAbst.No voteCohesion
Austria126020.50
Belgium163210.64
Bulgaria131210.72
Cyprus4110—
Czechia172110.78
Germany6519390.62
Denmark131100.80
Estonia6001—
Spain456540.71
Finland120120.88
France28361340.20
Greece122610.40
Croatia101010.86
Hungary71850.25
Ireland90320.63
Italy5511550.66
Lithuania8003—
Luxembourg6000—
Latvia8010—
Malta5001—
Netherlands207310.50
Poland423440.79
Portugal161310.70
Romania261150.89
Sweden183000.79
Slovenia7002—
Slovakia66210.14

Members

Each member’s recorded position on the final roll call, in the group they sat in that day. Filter by country, group, position or name.

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Debate speakers and how they voted

Members who spoke in the plenary debate on the dossier. Speeches: how many times they took the floor. Final vote: their recorded position on this decision's final roll call.
MemberGroupSpeechesSpokeFinal vote
Javi LÓPEZ SpainS&DSpeeches117 Jun 2026 (verbatim report, official site) No vote recorded

All votes on this decision, 8

In voting order. Result: for–against–abstained (a show of hands has no count). Requested by: the groups that asked for a roll call, a split vote or a separate vote.
No.VoteRecordedResultRequested by
1Amendment 3 to paragraph 1 A10-0143/2026 – Marjan Šarec – § 1 – Am 3 Roll call510 for, 103 against, 41 abstained AdoptedRequested byroll call: Renew
2Amendment 5, adding text after paragraph 10 A10-0143/2026 – Marjan Šarec – After § 10 – Am 5 Roll call412 for, 114 against, 120 abstained AdoptedRequested byroll call: S&D
3Amendment 1, adding text after paragraph 27 A10-0143/2026 – Marjan Šarec – After § 27 – Am 1 Roll call101 for, 534 against, 18 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: ESN
Show the other 7 votesShow the other 5 votes
Votes on this decision, continued
No.VoteRecordedResultRequested by
2Amendment 5, adding text after paragraph 10 A10-0143/2026 – Marjan Šarec – After § 10 – Am 5 Roll call412 for, 114 against, 120 abstained AdoptedRequested byroll call: S&D
3Amendment 1, adding text after paragraph 27 A10-0143/2026 – Marjan Šarec – After § 27 – Am 1 Roll call101 for, 534 against, 18 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: ESN
Votes on this decision, continued
No.VoteRecordedResultRequested by
4Separate vote on paragraph 30 Show of hands AdoptedRequested byseparate: ECR
5Separate vote on paragraph 31 A10-0143/2026 – Marjan Šarec – § 31 Roll call454 for, 143 against, 56 abstained AdoptedRequested byroll call: ECR
6Amendment 4 to paragraph 53 A10-0143/2026 – Marjan Šarec – § 53 – Am 4 Roll call554 for, 63 against, 38 abstained AdoptedRequested byroll call: Renew
7Vote on text inserted after paragraph 54 Show of hands Rejected
8Final vote — text as a whole A10-0143/2026 – Marjan Šarec – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) Roll call486 for, 101 against, 75 abstained Adopted

Roll calls requested by S&D, Renew, ECR, ESN · separate votes by ECR.

Text

The text voted on.

Report A-10-2026-0143

The text is published without a Word version, so it cannot be shown with paragraph anchors.

Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2025/2253(INI) · Own-initiative report

Parliament adopted the text on 17 June 2026. This is its final position on the matter.

Show the 5 steps of the dossier
  1. Referred to committee · 18 December 2025 (done)
  2. Committee work · Report adopted 5 May 2026 (done)
  3. Tabled for plenary · 12 May 2026 (done)
  4. Plenary vote · Adopted 17 June 2026 (done)
  5. Parliament’s position · Final (done)

Lead committee: AFET · Author: Marjan ŠAREC (Renew)

Connections

What this decision touches: the procedural chain, the same text, running issues, votes that split the chamber the same way.

Show 17 connections: Running issue: Montenegro EU accession · Other decisions of the part-session on AFET dossiers · Final votes that split the chamber the same way

Running issue: Montenegro EU accession

Other decisions of the part-session on AFET dossiers

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Final votes that split the chamber the same way

Sources & citation

Where the facts on this page come from, and how to cite it.

Retrieved
25 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2026). “2025 Commission report on Montenegro”. Decision, 17 June 2026. votingId 193527, document A-10-2026-0143, reference 2025/2253(INI). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-06-17/12 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 17 June 2026 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-06-17-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 17 June 2026 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-06-17-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-06-17, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2026-06-17/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX
@misc{epw-decision-2026-06-17-12,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{2025 Commission report on Montenegro}},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-06-17},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-06-17/12}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-06-17/12},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 193527, document A-10-2026-0143, reference 2025/2253(INI). Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-06-17-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-06-17-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-06-17 (CC BY 4.0)}
}