Dossier · Own-initiative report

2023 and 2024 Commission reports on Albania

Reference: 2025/2017(INI) Own-initiative report
Where it stands: Parliament adopted the text on 9 July 2025. This is its final position on the matter.
Stage: Parliament’s position
Lead committee: Foreign Affairs AFET

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Author: Andreas SCHIEDER
Shadow rapporteurs: 7 members
Decisions in plenary: 1
Last vote: 9 Jul 2025 · Adopted
Versions: 3 versions

Author: Andreas SCHIEDER
Shadow rapporteurs: 7 members
Decisions in plenary: 1
Last vote: 9 Jul 2025 · Adopted
Versions: 3 versions

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Where it stands

The steps of this kind of dossier and how far it has come, from the procedure file.

Referred to committee (done) 23 January 2025
Committee work (done) Report adopted 4 June 2025
Tabled for plenary (done) 10 June 2025
Plenary vote (done) Adopted 9 July 2025
Parliament’s position (done) Final

Parliament sets out its own position on a topic. The resolution is not binding but signals what Parliament wants.

People

Committees and members responsible for the dossier, as the procedure file names them. Groups as recorded there.

Lead committee: Foreign Affairs AFET
Author: Andreas SCHIEDER (S&D)
Shadow rapporteurs: Andrey KOVATCHEV (EPP), Hermann TERTSCH (Patriots), Alberico GAMBINO (ECR), Ilhan KYUCHYUK (Renew), Tineke STRIK (Greens), Ilaria SALIS (The Left), Stanislav STOYANOV (ESN)

Decisions in plenary, 1

Every decision Parliament took on this dossier, newest first.

**Effect**: what the decision did. **Final vote**: for–against–abstained, and how it was recorded.
Date	Decision	Kind	Effect	Final vote
9 Jul 2025	2023 and 2024 reports on Albania	Resolutions	Adopted	502 for, 120 against, 64 abstained by roll call

Voting grid

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Every roll-call vote on the dossier, in date and voting order, with each group's line at the date of the vote.

Each group's clear line at the date of the vote: a position with at least two thirds of the group's votes (at least 10 members voting), otherwise Divided; “< 10 voted” when fewer took part. Result: outcome, for–against–abstained (method).

Voting grid of 2025/2017(INI): one row per roll call, one column per group, then the result.
Vote	The Left	Greens	S&D	Renew	EPP	ECR	Patriots	ESN	Result
9 Jul 2025 Amendment 9, adding text after paragraph 23	Against	Against	Against	Against	Abst.	For	For	For	Rejected216–289–170
9 Jul 2025 Amendment 21, adding text after paragraph 23	For	Against	Against	Against	Against	For	Divided	Abst.	Rejected167–414–97
9 Jul 2025 Amendment 22, adding text after paragraph 24	Against	Against	Against	Against	For	For	For	For	Adopted377–292–19
9 Jul 2025 Amendment 23, adding text after paragraph 24	Against	Against	Against	Against	For	For	For	For	Adopted370–301–19
9 Jul 2025 Amendment 10 to paragraph 26	Against	Against	Against	Against	Against	For	For	For	Rejected200–448–28
9 Jul 2025 Separate vote on paragraph 28	Against	Abst.	For	For	For	For	For	For	Adopted546–94–47
9 Jul 2025 Amendment 16, adding text after paragraph 29	Against	Against	Against	Against	Against	For	For	For	Rejected223–448–14
9 Jul 2025 Amendment 24, adding text after paragraph 56	Divided	For	For	For	For	For	Divided	Against	Adopted540–72–62
9 Jul 2025 Amendment 11, adding text after paragraph 58	Against	Against	Against	Against	Abst.	For	For	For	Rejected239–290–151
9 Jul 2025 Amendment 17, adding text after paragraph 60	Against	Against	Against	Against	Against	Against	Divided	For	Rejected101–566–16
9 Jul 2025 Amendment 12 to recital A	Against	Against	Against	Against	Against	Against	For	For	Rejected118–551–16
9 Jul 2025 Amendment 13 to recital C	Against	Against	Against	Against	Against	Against	For	For	Rejected133–536–21
9 Jul 2025 Amendment 4, adding text after recital C	Against	Against	Against	Against	Against	For	For	For	Rejected222–443–16
9 Jul 2025 Final vote — text as a whole	Abst.	For	For	For	For	For	Against	Against	Adopted502–120–64
9 Jul 2025 Amendment 5, adding text after recital C	Against	Against	Against	Against	Against	For	For	For	Rejected224–439–19

9 Jul 2025 Amendment 9, adding text after paragraph 23

Rejected 216–289–170

The Left

Against
Greens

Against
S&D

Against
Renew

Against
EPP

Abst.
ECR

For
Patriots

For
ESN

For
9 Jul 2025 Amendment 21, adding text after paragraph 23

Rejected 167–414–97

The Left

For
Greens

Against
S&D

Against
Renew

Against
EPP

Against
ECR

For
Patriots

Divided
ESN

Abst.
9 Jul 2025 Amendment 22, adding text after paragraph 24

Adopted 377–292–19

The Left

Against
Greens

Against
S&D

Against
Renew

Against
EPP

For
ECR

For
Patriots

For
ESN

For
9 Jul 2025 Amendment 23, adding text after paragraph 24

Adopted 370–301–19

The Left

Against
Greens

Against
S&D

Against
Renew

Against
EPP

For
ECR

For
Patriots

For
ESN

For
9 Jul 2025 Amendment 10 to paragraph 26

Rejected 200–448–28

The Left

Against
Greens

Against
S&D

Against
Renew

Against
EPP

Against
ECR

For
Patriots

For
ESN

For
9 Jul 2025 Separate vote on paragraph 28

Adopted 546–94–47

The Left

Against
Greens

Abst.
S&D

For
Renew

For
EPP

For
ECR

For
Patriots

For
ESN

For
9 Jul 2025 Amendment 16, adding text after paragraph 29

Rejected 223–448–14

The Left

Against
Greens

Against
S&D

Against
Renew

Against
EPP

Against
ECR

For
Patriots

For
ESN

For
9 Jul 2025 Amendment 24, adding text after paragraph 56

Adopted 540–72–62

The Left

Divided
Greens

For
S&D

For
Renew

For
EPP

For
ECR

For
Patriots

Divided
ESN

Against
9 Jul 2025 Amendment 11, adding text after paragraph 58

Rejected 239–290–151

The Left

Against
Greens

Against
S&D

Against
Renew

Against
EPP

Abst.
ECR

For
Patriots

For
ESN

For
9 Jul 2025 Amendment 17, adding text after paragraph 60

Rejected 101–566–16

The Left

Against
Greens

Against
S&D

Against
Renew

Against
EPP

Against
ECR

Against
Patriots

Divided
ESN

For
9 Jul 2025 Amendment 12 to recital A

Rejected 118–551–16

The Left

Against
Greens

Against
S&D

Against
Renew

Against
EPP

Against
ECR

Against
Patriots

For
ESN

For
9 Jul 2025 Amendment 13 to recital C

Rejected 133–536–21

The Left

Against
Greens

Against
S&D

Against
Renew

Against
EPP

Against
ECR

Against
Patriots

For
ESN

For
9 Jul 2025 Amendment 4, adding text after recital C

Rejected 222–443–16

The Left

Against
Greens

Against
S&D

Against
Renew

Against
EPP

Against
ECR

For
Patriots

For
ESN

For
9 Jul 2025 Final vote — text as a whole

Adopted 502–120–64

The Left

Abst.
Greens

For
S&D

For
Renew

For
EPP

For
ECR

For
Patriots

Against
ESN

Against
9 Jul 2025 Amendment 5, adding text after recital C

Rejected 224–439–19

The Left

Against
Greens

Against
S&D

Against
Renew

Against
EPP

Against
ECR

For
Patriots

For
ESN

For

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Versions, 3

The text of the dossier, version by version, newest first. Compare shows what changed between two consecutive versions.

Adopted by Parliament9 Jul 2025

Adopted text TA10-0155/2025 TA-10-2025-0155

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Tabled for plenary10 Jun 2025

Report A10-0106/2025 A-10-2025-0106

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Committee draft4 Mar 2025

Draft report (AFET) AFET-PR-769914

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Adopted text TA10-0155/2025: The European Parliament resolution on the 2023 and 2024 Commission reports on Albania welcomes Albania's EU integration progress and urges reforms in rule of law, media freedom, and fundamental rights.
Report A10-0106/2025: This resolution responds to the Commission's 2023 and 2024 reports on Albania, assessing its EU accession progress and outlining expectations.
Draft report (AFET): This draft report assesses Albania's EU accession progress, welcoming its commitment and urging reforms in rule of law, anti-corruption, media freedom, and fundamental rights.

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What changed, 2

Between consecutive versions, newest pair first. The overviews are written by AI from the two texts; the comparison shows every change.

Latest Tabled for plenary → Adopted by Parliament Report A10-0106/2025 → Adopted text TA10-0155/2025

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Updates the accession timeline, noting the opening of two additional clusters in 2025. Adds new paragraphs on religious freedom, minority rights, and communist-era restitution. Changes the census reference from 2024 to 2023 and adds calls for data publication. Adds concerns about judicial challenges, organised crime, and Russian influence. Adds a note on the upcoming OSCE/ODIHR final report on the May 2025 elections.

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Committee draft → Tabled for plenary Draft report (AFET) → Report A10-0106/2025

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The report expands significantly, adding new recitals and paragraphs on foreign malign influence, electoral reform, media freedom, and civil society. It strengthens language on political polarisation, judicial independence, and anti-corruption, with new calls for action and references to specific reports. It adds detailed provisions on social policies, minority rights, gender equality, and environmental protection, including specific concerns about infrastructure projects. It updates security and foreign policy sections, welcoming new partnerships and urging deeper cooperation, while cautioning against initiatives that could undermine EU integration. The other changes are formal: paragraph renumbering and minor wording adjustments.

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Timeline, 8

Every recorded step, newest first, grouped by stage; the latest stage is open.

Plenary stage 4 steps · 10 Jun 2025–9 Jul 2025

9 July 2025

Plenary vote

Sitting of 9 Jul 2025 Report A10-0106/2025 Adopted text TA10-0155/2025
8 July 2025

Debated in plenary

MEPs debated the text in the chamber ahead of the vote.

Sitting of 8 Jul 2025 Report A10-0106/2025
2 July 2025

25 amendments tabled for the plenary vote

Groups propose changes to the tabled text; each is voted on before the final vote.

Amendments 1–3 Amendments 4–11 Amendments 12–17 Amendments 18–20 Amendments 21–24 Amendment 25
10 June 2025

Report tabled for plenary

This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.

Report A10-0106/2025

Committee stage 4 steps · 23 Jan 2025–4 Jun 2025

4 June 2025

Committee vote: report adopted

AFET (Foreign Affairs) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
25 March 2025

Amendments tabled in committee

Members of AFET (Foreign Affairs) proposed changes to the draft.

Amendments in committee (AFET)
4 March 2025

Draft report published

The rapporteur’s first text in AFET (Foreign Affairs). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.

Draft report (AFET)
23 January 2025

Referred to the AFET (Foreign Affairs) committee

The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.

Connections

Texts, decisions, people and other dossiers related to this one.

Texts voted on

Text REPORT on the 2023 and 2024 Commission reports on Albania Report A10-0106/2025 9 Jul 2025

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Sources & citation

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Permalink: https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2025-2017
Official source: Procedure file (Legislative Observatory, OEIL)
Data source: EP Open Data API: procedure record
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved: 25 September 2026

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European Parliament (2025). “2023 and 2024 Commission reports on Albania”. Dossier, 9 July 2025. procId 2025-2017, reference 2025/2017(INI). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2025-2017 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official source: Procedure file (Legislative Observatory, OEIL), https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2025%2F2017(INI). Data: EP Open Data API: procedure record, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/procedures/2025-2017 (CC BY 4.0).

BibTeX

@misc{epw-dossier-2025-2017,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{2023 and 2024 Commission reports on Albania}},
  year = {2025},
  date = {2025-07-09},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2025-2017}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2025-2017},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Dossier. procId 2025-2017, reference 2025/2017(INI). Official source: https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2025\%2F2017(INI). Data: EP Open Data API: procedure record (CC BY 4.0)}
}