EU enlargement strategy

1. ✓ Referred to committee (done) 19 June 2025
2. ✓ Committee work (done) Report adopted 28 January 2026
3. ✓ Tabled for plenary (done) 5 February 2026
4. ✓ Plenary vote (done) Adopted 11 March 2026
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.

Lead committee

Foreign Affairs AFET

Author

Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS (Renew)

Shadow rapporteurs

Andrey KOVATCHEV (EPP), Tonino PICULA (S&D), Roberto VANNACCI (Patriots), Mieke ANDRIESE (Patriots), Şerban Dimitrie STURDZA (ECR), Thomas WAITZ (Greens), Merja KYLLÖNEN (The Left), Stanislav STOYANOV (ESN)

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).

Key: ✓ For ✗ Against ○ Abstained ÷ Divided (no clear line)

1. 11 Mar 2026 Amendment 1

   Rejected 66–523–32

   The Left

   Against ✗

   Greens

   Against ✗

   S&D

   Against ✗

   Renew

   Against ✗

   EPP

   Against ✗

   ECR

   Against ✗

   Patriots

   Divided ÷

   ESN

   For ✓

2. 11 Mar 2026 Separate vote on paragraph 32

   Adopted 301–300–24

   The Left

   Divided ÷

   Greens

   For ✓

   S&D

   For ✓

   Renew

   For ✓

   EPP

   Divided ÷

   ECR

   Against ✗

   Patriots

   Against ✗

   ESN

   Against ✗

3. 11 Mar 2026 Separate vote on paragraph 33

   Rejected 268–328–33

   The Left

   Divided ÷

   Greens

   For ✓

   S&D

   For ✓

   Renew

   For ✓

   EPP

   Divided ÷

   ECR

   Against ✗

   Patriots

   Against ✗

   ESN

   Against ✗

4. 11 Mar 2026 Final vote — text as a whole

   Adopted 385–147–98

   The Left

   Divided ÷

   Greens

   For ✓

   S&D

   For ✓

   Renew

   For ✓

   EPP

   For ✓

   ECR

   Abst. ○

   Patriots

   Against ✗

   ESN

   Against ✗

1. Adopted by Parliament11 Mar 2026

   Adopted text TA10-0077/2026 TA-10-2026-0077

   Compare with tabled for plenary

2. Tabled for plenary5 Feb 2026

   Report A10-0016/2026 A-10-2026-0016

   Compare with committee draft

3. Committee draft11 Nov 2025

   Draft report (AFET) AFET-PR-778144

1. Latest Tabled for plenary → Adopted by Parliament Report A10-0016/2026 → Adopted text TA10-0077/2026

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

   The only substantive change is the removal of a paragraph on institutional reforms, including QMV and MFF adjustments. Other changes are formal: percentage signs, decimal separators, a label period, and paragraph renumbering.

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2. Committee draft → Tabled for plenary Draft report (AFET) → Report A10-0016/2026

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

   The report expands significantly, adding new recitals and paragraphs on public support, trade benefits, and threats from Russia and China. It strengthens language on geopolitical urgency, the cost of non-enlargement, and the need for EU credibility and strategic autonomy. It adds detailed provisions on rule of law, gender equality, civil society, and gradual integration, including visa liberalisation and institutional reforms. It introduces new sections on financial assistance, connectivity, and disinformation, with specific calls for action. The other changes are formal or wording updates, including renumbering and minor rephrasing.

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Permalink

https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2025-2110

Official source

• Procedure file (Legislative Observatory, OEIL) ↗

Data source

• EP Open Data API: procedure record ↗

Licensed CC BY 4.0.

Retrieved

5 October 2026

European Parliament (2026). “EU enlargement strategy”. Dossier, 11 March 2026. procId 2025-2110, reference 2025/2110(INI). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2025-2110 (retrieved 5 October 2026). Official source: Procedure file (Legislative Observatory, OEIL), https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2025%2F2110(INI). Data: EP Open Data API: procedure record, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/procedures/2025-2110 (CC BY 4.0).

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