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2023 and 2024 Commission reports on Montenegro

Reference
2025/2020(INI) Own-initiative report
Where it stands
Parliament adopted the text on 18 June 2025. This is its final position on the matter.
Stage
Parliament’s position
Lead committee
Foreign Affairs AFET
More facts (5)
Author
Marjan ŠAREC
Shadow rapporteurs
6 members
Decisions in plenary
1
Last vote
18 Jun 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.

  1. Referred to committee (done) 23 January 2025
  2. Committee work (done) Report adopted 13 May 2025
  3. Tabled for plenary (done) 20 May 2025
  4. Plenary vote (done) Adopted 18 June 2025
  5. 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
Marjan ŠAREC (Renew)
Shadow rapporteurs
Reinhold LOPATKA (EPP), Costas MAVRIDES (S&D), Jaroslav BŽOCH (Patriots), Şerban Dimitrie STURDZA (ECR), Vladimir PREBILIČ (Greens), Giorgos GEORGIOU (The Left)

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.
DateDecisionKindEffectFinal vote
18 Jun 20252023 and 2024 reports on Montenegro ResolutionsAdopted470 for, 102 against, 77 abstained by roll call

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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).

  1. 18 Jun 2025 Amendment 5, adding text after paragraph 1

    Rejected 92–530–28

    The Left
    Against
    Greens
    Against
    S&D
    Against
    Renew
    Against
    EPP
    Against
    ECR
    Against
    Patriots
    Divided
    ESN
    For
  2. 18 Jun 2025 Amendment 6, adding text after paragraph 2

    Rejected 96–528–20

    The Left
    Against
    Greens
    Against
    S&D
    Against
    Renew
    Against
    EPP
    Against
    ECR
    Against
    Patriots
    Divided
    ESN
    For
  3. 18 Jun 2025 Amendment 7 to paragraph 44

    Rejected 118–516–18

    The Left
    Against
    Greens
    Against
    S&D
    Against
    Renew
    Against
    EPP
    Against
    ECR
    Against
    Patriots
    For
    ESN
    For
  4. 18 Jun 2025 Amendment 8, adding text after paragraph 50

    Rejected 106–518–21

    The Left
    Against
    Greens
    Against
    S&D
    Against
    Renew
    Against
    EPP
    Against
    ECR
    Against
    Patriots
    For
    ESN
    For
  5. 18 Jun 2025 Amendment 1, adding text after paragraph 60

    Rejected 278–349–23

    The Left
    For
    Greens
    For
    S&D
    For
    Renew
    For
    EPP
    Against
    ECR
    Against
    Patriots
    Against
    ESN
    Against
  6. 18 Jun 2025 Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 60

    Rejected 276–307–64

    The Left
    For
    Greens
    For
    S&D
    For
    Renew
    For
    EPP
    Against
    ECR
    Against
    Patriots
    Divided
    ESN
    Against
  7. 18 Jun 2025 Amendment 3 to recital A

    Rejected 108–514–25

    The Left
    Against
    Greens
    Against
    S&D
    Against
    Renew
    Against
    EPP
    Against
    ECR
    Against
    Patriots
    For
    ESN
    For
  8. 18 Jun 2025 Amendment 4 to recital B

    Rejected 102–524–24

    The Left
    Against
    Greens
    Against
    S&D
    Against
    Renew
    Against
    EPP
    Against
    ECR
    Against
    Patriots
    For
    ESN
    For
  9. 18 Jun 2025 Final vote — text as a whole

    Adopted 470–102–77

    The Left
    Abst.
    Greens
    For
    S&D
    For
    Renew
    For
    EPP
    For
    ECR
    For
    Patriots
    Divided
    ESN
    Against
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The people on this dossier — pick up to 6. Each gets a column with their own position.

Versions, 3

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

  1. Adopted by Parliament18 Jun 2025

    Adopted text TA10-0130/2025 TA-10-2025-0130

    Compare with tabled for plenary

  2. Tabled for plenary20 May 2025

    Report A10-0093/2025 A-10-2025-0093

    Compare with committee draft

  3. Committee draft18 Feb 2025

    Draft report (AFET) AFET-PR-769896

AI: Each version in short Written by AI from the official text — check the source
  • Adopted text TA10-0130/2025: Parliament's resolution on Montenegro's 2023 and 2024 reports reaffirms support for EU accession, welcomes progress, and urges reforms in rule of law, fundamental rights, and socio-economic areas.
  • Report A10-0093/2025: This resolution on the 2023 and 2024 Commission reports on Montenegro welcomes the country's progress in EU accession, including the closure of three more negotiating chapters, and calls for continued reforms in democracy, rule of law, and fundamental freedoms.
  • Draft report (AFET): This draft report on Montenegro's EU accession progress welcomes its reforms and alignment with EU foreign policy, while urging further work on rule of law, anti-corruption, media freedom, and socioeconomic reforms.

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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.

  1. Latest Tabled for plenary → Adopted by Parliament Report A10-0093/2025 → Adopted text TA10-0130/2025

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    The versions differ only in formal points: punctuation in recital markers is corrected.

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    Compare the two versions

  2. Committee draft → Tabled for plenary Draft report (AFET) → Report A10-0093/2025

    AI: What changed Written by AI from the official text — check the source

    The report adds a new geopolitical context, stressing EU enlargement momentum and Montenegro's leading role, with a target of EU membership by 2028. It expands sections on foreign policy, security, and countering malign influence, including new calls for NATO cooperation and condemnation of interference. It significantly broadens coverage of rule of law, judiciary, corruption, and elections, adding detailed recommendations and concerns. It adds extensive new paragraphs on human rights, minorities, media freedom, civil society, and socio-economic reforms, including specific concerns about foreign debt and procurement. The other changes are formal and wording: updated forwarding instructions and rephrased explanatory statement.

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Timeline, 8

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

Plenary stage 4 steps · 20 May 2025–18 Jun 2025

  1. 18 June 2025

    Plenary vote

    Sitting of 18 Jun 2025 Report A10-0093/2025Adopted text TA10-0130/2025

  2. 17 June 2025

    Debated in plenary

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

    Sitting of 17 Jun 2025 Report A10-0093/2025

  3. 10 June – 11 June 2025

    8 amendments tabled for the plenary vote

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

    Amendments 1–2Amendments 3–8

  4. 20 May 2025

    Report tabled for plenary

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

    Report A10-0093/2025

Committee stage 4 steps · 23 Jan 2025–13 May 2025

  1. 13 May 2025

    Committee vote: report adopted

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

  2. 19 March 2025

    Amendments tabled in committee

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

    Amendments in committee (AFET)

  3. 18 February 2025

    Draft report published

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

    Draft report (AFET)

  4. 23 January 2025

    Referred to the AFET (Foreign Affairs) committee

    The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.

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Sources & citation

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https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2025-2020
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Licensed CC BY 4.0.
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25 September 2026

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European Parliament (2025). “2023 and 2024 Commission reports on Montenegro”. Dossier, 18 June 2025. procId 2025-2020, reference 2025/2020(INI). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2025-2020 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official source: Procedure file (Legislative Observatory, OEIL), https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2025%2F2020(INI). Data: EP Open Data API: procedure record, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/procedures/2025-2020 (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX 
@misc{epw-dossier-2025-2020,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{2023 and 2024 Commission reports on Montenegro}},
  year = {2025},
  date = {2025-06-18},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2025-2020}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2025-2020},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Dossier. procId 2025-2020, reference 2025/2020(INI). Official source: https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2025\%2F2020(INI). Data: EP Open Data API: procedure record (CC BY 4.0)}
}