Skip to content

Decision

2025 Commission report on Bosnia and Herzegovina

Effect
Adopted
Result
478 for · 116 against · 54 abstained roll call
Date
17 June 2026, 14:29–14:30
Kind
Resolution
More facts (9)
Margin
by a large majority
Source
Committee report by Ondřej Kolář
Topics
Foreign affairs Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes
9 votes · 2 roll calls · 1 amendment
Requested by
The Left (1 split vote) · Patriots (1 roll call)
Final vote
193857
More

Result

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

Final vote: 478 for, 116 against, 54 abstained (roll call).

Adopted by a large majority.

Parliament adopted the text as its official position.

Before the final vote, MEPs decided on 1 amendment (1 rejected) and 7 parts of the text voted on separately (2 adopted, 5 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 1Abst. 34No vote 1 of 45Majority line AbstainedClear line Abstained Cohesion 0.66
GreensFor 46Against 0Abst. 0No vote 7 of 53Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
S&DFor 121Against 0Abst. 0No vote 14 of 135Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
RenewFor 68Against 0Abst. 0No vote 10 of 78Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
EPPFor 160Against 1Abst. 2No vote 22 of 185Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.97
ECRFor 62Against 9Abst. 4No vote 7 of 82Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.74
PatriotsFor 7Against 69Abst. 1No vote 8 of 85Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.84
ESNFor 0Against 23Abst. 3No vote 1 of 27Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.83
No groupFor 5Against 13Abst. 10No 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, 37

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
Belgium153310.57
Bulgaria132110.72
Cyprus4020—
Czechia162210.70
Germany62184120.61
Denmark132000.80
Estonia6001—
Spain457440.71
Finland120120.88
France29341260.18
Greece126210.40
Croatia110011.00
Hungary79050.34
Ireland90320.63
Italy5169100.66
Lithuania8012—
Luxembourg6000—
Latvia8100—
Malta5001—
Netherlands206320.53
Poland445040.85
Portugal153120.68
Romania241080.94
Sweden183000.79
Slovenia7002—
Slovakia62610.14

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.

Show all 648 members

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, 9

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
1Vote on text inserted after paragraph 7 Counted216 for, 391 against, 42 abstained Rejected
2Vote on text inserted after paragraph 7 Show of hands Rejected
3Separate vote on paragraph 20 Show of hands Rejected
Show the other 8 votesShow the other 6 votes
Votes on this decision, continued
No.VoteRecordedResultRequested by
2Vote on text inserted after paragraph 7 Show of hands Rejected
3Separate vote on paragraph 20 Show of hands Rejected
Votes on this decision, continued
No.VoteRecordedResultRequested by
4Amendment 6, adding text after paragraph 35 A10-0165/2026 – Ondřej Kolář – After § 35 – Am 6 Roll call156 for, 435 against, 63 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: Patriots
5Vote on text inserted after paragraph 54 Show of hands Rejected
6Paragraph 58 — part 1 of 2 Part voted on: “Text as a whole without the words: ‘and communism’”Show of hands AdoptedRequested bysplit: The Left
7Paragraph 58 — part 2 of 2 Part voted on: “those words”Show of hands AdoptedRequested bysplit: The Left
8Vote on text inserted after paragraph 63 Show of hands Rejected
9Final vote — text as a whole A10-0165/2026 – Ondřej Kolář – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) Roll call478 for, 116 against, 54 abstained Adopted

Roll call requested by Patriots · split votes by The Left.

Text

The text voted on.

Report A-10-2026-0165

AI: What this vote decides Written by AI from the official text — check the source

Parliament adopted a resolution on the Commission's 2025 report on Bosnia and Herzegovina, reaffirming strong support for the country's EU membership based on unity, sovereignty and territorial integrity.

The resolution urges Bosnia and Herzegovina's officials to cooperate with the EU, appoint a chief negotiator and adopt key judicial laws to start formal accession talks.

It condemns separatist policies in the Republika Srpska and foreign interference, mainly from Russia, and stresses the need to strengthen democratic institutions.

Read the text · Report a problem

AI: The text in short Written by AI from the official text — check the source

Parliament's resolution on the Commission's 2025 report on Bosnia and Herzegovina reaffirms support for EU membership and calls for reforms, condemning separatist actions and foreign interference.

Read the text · Report a problem

Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2025/2251(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 3 June 2026 (done)
  3. Tabled for plenary · 10 June 2026 (done)
  4. Plenary vote · Adopted 17 June 2026 (done)
  5. Parliament’s position · Final (done)

Lead committee: AFET · Author: Ondřej KOLÁŘ (EPP)

Connections

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

Show 14 connections: Other decisions of the part-session on AFET dossiers · Final votes that split the chamber the same way

Other decisions of the part-session on AFET dossiers

See all: Other decisions of the part-session on AFET dossiers

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 Bosnia and Herzegovina”. Decision, 17 June 2026. votingId 193857, document A-10-2026-0165, reference 2025/2251(INI). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-06-17/15 (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-2026-06-17-15,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{2025 Commission report on Bosnia and Herzegovina}},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-06-17},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-06-17/15}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-06-17/15},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 193857, document A-10-2026-0165, reference 2025/2251(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)}
}