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2025 Commission report on Serbia

Effect
Adopted
Result
468 for · 116 against · 79 abstained roll call
Date
8 July 2026, 13:51–13:54
Kind
Resolution
More facts (9)
Margin
by a large majority
Text
Report A-10-2026-0163
Dossier
2025/2255(INI)
Source
Committee report by Tonino Picula
Topics
Foreign affairs Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes
10 votes · 2 roll calls · 1 amendment
Requested by
The Left (1 roll call, 1 split vote)
Sitting
Wednesday 8 July 2026
Final vote
194935
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Votes on this decision
Members on the final vote

Result

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

Final vote: 468 for, 116 against, 79 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 8 parts of the text voted on separately (5 adopted, 3 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 6Against 3Abst. 32No vote 4 of 45Majority line AbstainedClear line Abstained Cohesion 0.67
GreensFor 48Against 1Abst. 0No vote 4 of 53Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.97
S&DFor 125Against 0Abst. 0No vote 10 of 135Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
RenewFor 71Against 1Abst. 2No vote 4 of 78Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.94
EPPFor 163Against 2Abst. 8No vote 12 of 185Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.91
ECRFor 46Against 5Abst. 28No vote 5 of 84Majority line ForClear line Divided Cohesion 0.37
PatriotsFor 6Against 62Abst. 3No vote 14 of 85Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.81
ESNFor 1Against 23Abst. 2No vote 1 of 27Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.83
No groupFor 2Against 19Abst. 4No vote 2 of 27Majority line —Clear line No line Cohesion —

Members who changed group are counted in the group of the day: Branko GRIMS changed group.

Voted against their group, 35

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
Austria136010.53
Belgium173200.66
Bulgaria111320.60
Cyprus2130—
Czechia133230.58
Germany6721440.59
Denmark132000.80
Estonia7000—
Spain425670.69
Finland130110.89
France29291490.10
Greece116310.33
Croatia120001.00
Hungary78060.30
Ireland110210.77
Italy3073180.18
Lithuania110001.00
Luxembourg5100—
Latvia8100—
Malta5001—
Netherlands206320.53
Poland457010.80
Portugal152220.68
Romania270240.90
Sweden210001.00
Slovenia8010—
Slovakia57030.38

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
Helmut BRANDSTÄTTER AustriaRenewSpeeches28 Jul 2026 (verbatim report, official site) · for the group For
Victor NEGRESCU RomaniaS&DSpeeches18 Jul 2026 (verbatim report, official site) No vote recorded
Martin HOJSÍK SlovakiaRenewSpeeches37 Jul 2026 (verbatim report, official site) For
Tonino PICULA CroatiaS&DSpeeches27 Jul 2026 (verbatim report, official site) For
Davor Ivo STIER CroatiaEPPSpeeches17 Jul 2026 (verbatim report, official site) · for the group For
Andreas SCHIEDER AustriaS&DSpeeches17 Jul 2026 (verbatim report, official site) · for the group For
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Debate speakers, continued
MemberGroupSpeechesSpokeFinal vote
Jonas SJÖSTEDT SwedenThe LeftSpeeches17 Jul 2026 (verbatim report, official site) · for the group For
Vladimir PREBILIČ SloveniaGreensSpeeches17 Jul 2026 (verbatim report, official site) · for the group For
Annamária VICSEK HungaryPatriotsSpeeches17 Jul 2026 (verbatim report, official site) · for the group Against
Alexander SELL GermanyESNSpeeches17 Jul 2026 (verbatim report, official site) · for the group Against
Şerban Dimitrie STURDZA RomaniaECRSpeeches17 Jul 2026 (verbatim report, official site) · for the group For
Kinga GÁL HungaryPatriotsSpeeches17 Jul 2026 (verbatim report, official site) Against

All votes on this decision, 10

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 4 Show of hands Rejected
2Separate vote on paragraph 9 Show of hands Adopted
3Vote on text inserted after paragraph 18 Show of hands Rejected
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Votes on this decision, continued
No.VoteRecordedResultRequested by
2Separate vote on paragraph 9 Show of hands Adopted
3Vote on text inserted after paragraph 18 Show of hands Rejected
Votes on this decision, continued
No.VoteRecordedResultRequested by
4Amendment 1 to paragraph 20 A10-0163/2026 – Tonino Picula – § 20 – Am 1 Roll call113 for, 514 against, 22 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: The Left
5Paragraph 20 — part 1 of 2 Part voted on: “Text as a whole without the words: ‘the announced suspension of funds earmarked for Serbia over legislative reforms’”Show of hands AdoptedRequested bysplit: The Left
6Paragraph 20 — part 2 of 2 Part voted on: “those words”Show of hands AdoptedRequested bysplit: The Left
7Separate vote on paragraph 43 Show of hands Rejected
8Separate vote on paragraph 45 Show of hands Adopted
9Separate vote on paragraph 55 Show of hands Adopted
10Final vote — text as a whole A10-0163/2026 – Tonino Picula – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) Roll call468 for, 116 against, 79 abstained Adopted

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

Text

The text voted on.

Report A-10-2026-0163

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Parliament adopted its resolution on the Commission's 2025 report on Serbia, setting out its position on the country's EU accession process.

The text addresses stalled reforms, rule of law and democracy concerns, and calls for alignment with EU foreign policy and normalisation with Kosovo.

It also stresses the need for independent institutions and implementation of electoral recommendations.

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This resolution responds to the 2025 Commission report on Serbia, covering EU accession, rule of law, fundamental rights, regional relations, and socio-economic reforms.

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Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2025/2255(INI) · Own-initiative report

Parliament adopted the text on 8 July 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 8 July 2026 (done)
  5. Parliament’s position · Final (done)

Lead committee: AFET · Author: Tonino PICULA (S&D)

Connections

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

Show 22 connections: Running issue: Serbia · Running issue: EU enlargement · Running issue: Pristina-Belgrade dialogue · Other decisions of the part-session on AFET dossiers · Final votes that split the chamber the same way

Running issue: Serbia

Running issue: EU enlargement

Running issue: Pristina-Belgrade dialogue

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.

Permalink
https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-07-08/14
Official sources
Data source
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved
25 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2026). “2025 Commission report on Serbia”. Decision, 8 July 2026. votingId 194935, document A-10-2026-0163, reference 2025/2255(INI). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-07-08/14 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 8 July 2026 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-07-08-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 8 July 2026 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-07-08-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-07-08, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2026-07-08/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX 
@misc{epw-decision-2026-07-08-14,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{2025 Commission report on Serbia}},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-07-08},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-07-08/14}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-07-08/14},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 194935, document A-10-2026-0163, reference 2025/2255(INI). Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-07-08-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-07-08-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-07-08 (CC BY 4.0)}
}