Changes from plenary report to adopted text

10. Condemns the fact that Serbia has become a base for Russian intelligence services to carry out sabotage activities in Europe; expresses serious concern over credible reports indicating that Serbia has emerged as a key operational hub for Russian hybrid and destabilisation activities in Europe; notes, in particular, documented cases in which individuals recruited and financed by actors linked to Russian intelligence carried out coordinated provocations and acts aimed at inciting ethnic and religious tensions within EU Member States; further notes reports of organised networks operating from Serbian territory, including in the training and deployment of individuals for destabilising actions in other European countries and in the EU’s neighbourhood; calls on the Serbian authorities to take immediate and effective measures to investigate, prevent and prosecute such activities;

11. Regrets Serbia’s abstention on the February 2026 UN General Assembly resolution in support of a just and lasting peace in Ukraine; considers that such votes further weaken confidence in Serbia’s strategic commitment to the European path;

12. Expresses concern that Serbia maintains observer status in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation, a security structure led by the Russian Federation, and continues to implement a free-trade agreement with the Eurasian Economic Union;

13. Regrets the fact that Serbia has made limited or no progress in meeting the benchmarks for EU membership across many other negotiating chapters; takes note of the establishment of the Operational Team aimed at accelerating the implementation of EU-related reforms; calls on Serbia to demonstrate concrete and comprehensive action showing the country’s commitment to implementing the reforms required for the EU membership path; reiterates that EU accession negotiations with Serbia should only advance once Serbia aligns with EU sanctions against Russia and on the basis of measurable and sustainable progress in the fundamentals cluster, particularly on the rule of law, free and fair elections, the fight against corruption and organised crime, judicial independence, media freedom, public administration reform and the functioning of democratic institutions; calls on the Commission to strictly apply the ‘fundamentals first’ principle and to reflect any significant regression in the pace and intensity of the financial support provided under the pre-accession instruments;

14. Reiterates that EU accession is a whole-of-society process and calls on the Serbian Government to promote the importance, benefits and obligations of EU accession, the EU’s financial support and accession-related reforms among the Serbian population; calls for the EU and its institutions to strengthen their communication and outreach efforts in Serbia in order to better highlight the impact and benefits of EU support;

15. Reiterates its call on Serbia to make credible progress and increase efforts to address foreign and domestic information manipulation and interference, including disinformation and anti-EU and anti-Western rhetoric, which also have a negative impact beyond Serbia across the whole region;

16. Regrets the low support for EU membership in Serbia, which is the result of a long-time manipulative anti-EU narrative spread by government-controlled media and by some senior Serbian officials and members of the governing party, including at the highest level; calls on Serbia to fight disinformation, including on Russia’s aggression against Ukraine, and, in particular, to end its own state-sponsored disinformation campaigns, while promoting a consistent and constructive EU orientation; calls for the EU to enhance cooperation with Serbian non-governmental organisations to strengthen democratic resilience and counter hybrid threats; strongly regrets the continued, consistent and systematic anti-Western narratives in the Serbian media, with the EU being predominantly portrayed in a negative light, while Russia, China and, increasingly, the United States, are being represented positively;

17. Notes with particular concern the Commission’s finding that Serbia has not taken any action to counter foreign information manipulation and interference; calls on Serbia to adopt and implement, without delay, a comprehensive national framework for democratic resilience, including clear institutional responsibilities, regular public reporting and protection of independent oversight bodies; encourages the EU to strengthen its strategic communication and presence in Serbia to counter anti-EU narratives; calls on the Serbian authorities to investigate and dismantle any disinformation-related networks operating from Serbian territory and strengthen cooperation with EU Member States and partner countries in countering hybrid threats and foreign interference; urges the Commission to clarify with the online platforms concerned the suspension of a number of media outlet profiles known for criticising the Serbian Government;

18. Firmly rejects all allegations by Serbian officials that the EU and some of its Member States were involved in organising the student protests, since November 2024, to trigger a ‘colour revolution’; deplores the fact that the highest state officials are actively spreading conspiracy theories about the collapse of a canopy being an act of sabotage or a terrorist attack perpetrated and supported by EU Member States; reiterates its strong condemnation of the unlawful arrest and expulsion of EU citizens who made statements in support of the protesting students; equally rejects the unfounded allegations by the Serbian authorities that Croatia interfered in and participated in the conduct of local elections in March 2026; condemns all such false allegations;

19. Condemns the unacceptable behaviour, insults, smears and hate rhetoric directed at Members of the European Parliament and other political actors, including members of the Committee on Foreign Affairs’ mission to Serbia in January 2026; deplores, in this context, statements made by the President of Serbia in September 2025 referring to Members of the European Parliament in derogatory terms;

20. Reiterates its concern regarding the appeasing approach of the Commission towards Serbia against the backdrop of the country’s years-long rollback of the rule of law, democracy and fundamental rights, as well as its destabilising influence on the whole region; urges the Commission to uphold the EU’s fundamental values by using clearer language towards Serbia and consistently addressing its significant shortcomings, lack of progress and even backsliding; welcomes the initial improvement made in addressing Serbia’s shortcomings by the Commissioner for Enlargement and the announced suspension of funds earmarked for Serbia over legislative reforms; warns against any potential systematic attempts by Serbia to impede the accelerated progress of neighbouring countries towards EU membership, particularly in the context of its own stagnation on the accession path; calls on Serbia to more closely align its visa policy with the EU list of third countries whose nationals require visas;

Democracy and the rule of law

21. Expresses concern over the deepening political crisis in Serbia against the backdrop of the mass protests that have been taking place across the country since November 2024 and that reflect the Serbian people’s reaction to systemic corruption and the lack of accountability and transparency in the country; notes that Parliament’s fact-finding mission in January 2026 identified increasing polarisation, limited parliamentary dialogue and weakened institutional trust as key contributing factors; expresses concern that corruption is still prevalent in many areas and that progress requires strong political will to effectively address corruption, as well as a robust criminal justice response to high-level corruption;

22. Notes with concern that Serbia recorded its worst score in two decades in Transparency International’s 2025 Corruption Perceptions Index; considers this a further warning sign of weak institutions and insufficient accountability; welcomes the adoption of the National Anti-Corruption Strategy for the period 2024-2026; calls on the Serbian authorities to ensure full compliance with the recommendations of the Serbian Anti-Corruption Council; expresses concerns over the independence of the Serbian Agency for the Prevention of Corruption;

23. Notes that investigations linked to the 2024 collapse of the canopy of the Novi Sad railway station are still ongoing and regrets the fact that there has not been any significant progress; regrets the lack of clarity surrounding the investigation, including contradictory statements by officials, as well as possible manipulation or negligent handing of evidence; strongly condemns all the undue influence that the prosecution in charge of the case is facing; calls once again for full transparency, accountability and judicial independence in the proceedings;

24. Reiterates that the Novi Sad tragedy has unveiled further structural weaknesses in Serbia’s public administration, transparency, accountability and rule of law, which remain essential areas of reform for any candidate country aspiring to EU membership; warns against a recurrent pattern of government contracts being awarded to and operated by Chinese companies that lack sufficient transparency, public scrutiny and accountability, and stresses the need to ensure full compliance with EU public procurement standards and principles;

25. Believes that the best way to resolve the political crisis in Serbia is to conduct genuinely free and fair elections; calls for all ODIHR recommendations to be implemented fully, in a transparent and inclusive manner and stresses that this requires, inter alia, an end to pressure on voters, including intimidation and vote-buying, the effective prevention of misuse of public and administrative resources, a level playing field for all political actors, action to address media bias, and an end to impunity for electoral irregularities and related crimes as repeatedly highlighted by ODIHR and the Commission;

26. Strongly condemns the hostile environment surrounding the local elections conducted in 10 municipalities on 29 March 2026, with observation missions reporting many violent incidents, threats and voting irregularities, including intimidation and pressure on voters, attacks on journalists, students, activists and observers, violence around polling stations, parallel election lists and voter records, vote-buying, bussing of voters from other cities to the polling stations, raids on opposition parties’ offices, misuse of administrative resources and a lack of a level playing field; calls on the national authorities to provide accountability through a decisive, thorough and transparent investigation; notes the high voter turnout as a positive sign of civic engagement; stresses that free and fair elections require effective protection of the electoral information environment against covert influence, coordinated disinformation and the abuse of structural advantages by incumbents; condemns the climate of pervasive violence and intimidation that is regularly observed during election periods in Serbia, where journalists and citizens alike face systematic obstruction, physical threats and direct attacks, representing a serious deterioration in the democratic environment, with law enforcement failing to intervene in many cases;

27. Reiterates its calls for the thorough and complete implementation of the law on the unified voter register, including with respect to meeting legal deadlines and ensuring the full and effective cooperation of all relevant state institutions in the audit of the register; recalls that improving the voter register remains a key ODIHR recommendation and a precondition for credible elections; underlines that the proper implementation of these measures is essential to ensure public confidence and trust in the accuracy and integrity of the voter register and therefore public trust in the electoral process;

28. Deplores the increased violence, physical attacks, illegal surveillance and intimidation to which journalists are being subjected, which culminated during the March 2026 local elections and was perpetrated by masked attackers; calls for increased accountability and prosecution of attackers; reiterates the importance of press freedom for EU candidate countries;

29. Is concerned about the increasing role of foreign information manipulation and interference (FIMI) and foreign cyberoperations and interference in Serbia’s democratic election processes;

30. Notes with concern the ongoing editorial changes in the media and condemns the increased pressure on the remaining independent media broadcasters, as part of a broader process of media capture; condemns the continued operation of RT Balkan and Sputnik Srbija, which are used to propagate pro-Russian narratives and disinformation across the Western Balkans region; recalls that these networks are used to circumvent European sanctions on Russia; urges the Serbian authorities to counter hybrid threats and fully align with the Council’s decision on the suspension of the broadcasting activities of Sputnik and RT;

31. Expresses serious concern over the amendments adopted by the National Assembly on 28 January 2026 to modify key judicial laws under an urgent procedure, without public consultation, involvement of judicial bodies or adequate justification; emphasises that this represents yet another serious step backwards on Serbia’s path towards EU accession, as it further weakens judicial independence and prosecutorial autonomy; deplores the fact that the so-called ‘Mrdić’s Laws’ have already been implemented by removing the Prosecutors for Organised Crime (TOK), thus effectively reversing the progress achieved in judiciary reforms since the 2022 constitutional reform, hence making the call for their later revocation obsolete; takes note that the implementation of these amendments has been halted; calls for their urgent revision, fully in line with the recommendations of the opinion of the Venice Commission, and urges the Serbian authorities to present a clear timeline for the restoration of guarantees of judicial independence; urges the Commission to halt further disbursements of funding for Serbia under the Reform and Growth Facility for the Western Balkans against the background of the adopted amendments;

32. Expresses grave concern over Serbia’s lack of continuity in effective cooperation with the European Union Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation (Eurojust) through its failure to appoint a liaison prosecutor in time, leading to the temporary closure of its liaison office and negatively affecting ongoing cooperation, reportedly leaving more than 200 cases stalled or affected; takes note of the reappointment of the liaison prosecutor at Eurojust and urges Serbia to continue proper judicial cooperation and treat judicial cooperation with EU agencies as a core accession obligation; calls on the Serbian authorities to ensure full and consistent engagement as a precondition for further disbursement of funds;

33. Expresses further concern over the increasing instances of undue influence on the judiciary in Serbia, including public attacks on judges and prosecutors, political statements undermining their independence, and attempts to exert pressure on them through institutional and legislative means; warns that such practices risk creating a chilling effect on independent decision-making and further undermine public trust in the justice system; underlines that judicial independence must be effectively protected in both law and practice; calls on the Serbian authorities to refrain from any actions or rhetoric that may compromise the independence of the judiciary and to ensure a safe and enabling environment for judges and prosecutors to perform their duties free from pressure; condemns Serbian officials’ use of language inciting violence;

34. Expresses concern over persistent indications of state capture, including undue political influence over key institutions, regulatory bodies and the public administration; stresses that strengthening institutional independence and accountability is essential for restoring public trust and advancing on the European path;

35. States with concern that the prescribed constitutional role and impartiality of the institution of the President is further undermined by constant campaigning and party activism, including through candidate lists for local elections that carry the President’s name; denounces the misuse of public office and public funds for party-political purposes to benefit the ruling party, including but not limited to election campaigning and voter mobilisation, which ultimately leads to the blurring of the lines between the state and the ruling party;

36. Regrets the fact that discontinued parliamentary work, coupled with the permanent campaign mode and high polarisation, contribute to a lack of functionality of the National Assembly; reiterates its readiness to support the National Assembly and the members thereof in the democratic processes related to Serbia’s European path, including the proper functioning of the parliament according to its rules of procedure, by using the European Parliament’s existing democracy support tools and initiatives; encourages further strengthening of the EU-Serbia parliamentary dialogue and constructive engagement within the European Parliament’s Stabilisation and Association Parliamentary Committee;

37. Expresses deep concern about the systemic issues highlighted by the student protests and various other protests in Serbia, such as issues relating to civil liberties, separation of powers, corruption, environmental protection, institutional and financial transparency, especially in relation to infrastructure projects;

38. Expresses deep concern over the adoption of the lex specialis and subsequent ‘authentic interpretation’ of the law concerning the Generalštab Modernist Complex in Belgrade, which effectively overrides the legal framework for the protection of cultural heritage and undermines legal certainty; stresses that such ad hoc legislative measures weaken the rule of law, legal predictability and the overall integrity of the legal system; calls on the Serbian authorities to repeal these measures and to ensure full compliance with constitutional, heritage-protection and planning legislation;

39. Recalls that under the terms of the Constitution, the law on the financing of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina should have been adopted by the end of 2008; therefore encourages the government to submit the matter to the parliament without any further delay;

Fundamental freedoms and human rights

40. Reiterates its support for the fundamental right of all of Serbia’s people, including students, to express their opinions freely and protest peacefully, including in order to call for accountability and democratic reforms directly linked to the rule of law, as well as the country’s alignment with the EU’s principles and values;

41. Denounces the fact that over the past year, peaceful protesters, students, activists and journalists have been subjected to a wide range of repressive measures, including excessive use of force and police violence, arbitrary detentions and arrests, political exile, illegal surveillance, gender-based online harassment and intimidation, including the dissemination of non-consensual intimate material, the misuse of personal data from public registries to retaliate against peaceful protesters and other forms of intimidation and wrongful expulsions; calls for targeted sanctions against individuals responsible for serious and systematic breaches of the law and violations of human rights in Serbia;

42. Condemns the wave of violence unleashed by informal gangs with close ties to the ruling party who are operating with impunity and attacking protesters; calls on the authorities of Serbia to ensure the protection of those participating in peaceful protests;

43. Calls for urgent, impartial and transparent investigations into all allegations of unnecessary and disproportionate use of force and unlawful surveillance against demonstrators; calls on the authorities to stop targeting individuals for their legitimate activities and to ensure the full respect for political rights;

44. Remains deeply alarmed by reports of Amnesty International and the SHARE Foundation, among others, indicating that Serbian authorities have used illegal spyware such as Pegasus to surveil activists, journalists, civil society members and citizens, and is deeply concerned by the absence of adequate institutional or independent oversight responses to cases of spyware use; calls on the Government of Serbia to immediately end such practices, thoroughly investigate all cases, and hold those responsible to account; urges the Commission to follow up on these incidents and press the Serbian authorities to ensure a full and independent investigation; strongly condemns the unacceptable statements of 4 April 2026 by the Minister of Information and Telecommunications of Serbia concerning police violence against citizens; expresses deep concern over the use of strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPPs) against investigative journalists and civil society activists;

46. Expresses deep concern over the intensification of verbal attacks, smear campaigns and pressure against civil society organisations advocating for the rule of law; expresses further concern that civil society organisations in Serbia face increasing challenges, including restrictive conditions, funding constraints, police raids and other forms of intimidation by state authorities; underlines the importance of a framework that enables local, vibrant civil society organisations to participate in policymaking, including EU integration processes, in an inclusive and meaningful manner; calls on the authorities to ensure a safe environment for civil society to operate freely, and to refrain from any actions that undermine their independence and work; condemns the deterioration of working conditions for journalists and the media; urges Serbia to reverse its backsliding on freedom of expression; notes with concern that in 2025 Serbia reached its lowest-ever score on the World Press Freedom Index, ranking 96th out of 180 countries, placing it second-to-last in Europe;

47. Expresses deep concern over the creation of a hostile environment towards the independent media and individual journalists through verbal attacks by highest political figures; raises serious concern over the increase in recorded attacks against journalists in the past year, combined with declining prosecution rates, fostering impunity; highlights the persistent structural problems in media ownership, insufficient regulatory oversight and the absence of genuine media pluralism; notes with concern the concentration of media ownership and the disproportionate influence of pro-government outlets, which limits pluralism and contributes to the spread of disinformation; calls on the Serbian authorities to ensure a genuinely independent and diverse media environment in line with European standards;

48. Notes with serious concern that Serbia’s Regulatory Authority for Electronic Media (REM) remains unable to function effectively because it continues to lack a legitimate and operational Council independent of political interference; recalls that the National Assembly has failed for the second consecutive year to elect the REM Council’s members; stresses that the continued paralysis of REM undermines regulatory oversight during a period of heightened political polarisation; recalls that the Commission has repeatedly stressed the need for a fully functioning and independent REM as a key safeguard for media pluralism; stresses the critical importance of ensuring the independence and effective functioning of REM; welcomes the participation of civil society organisations, professional associations and other authorised proposers in an inclusive selection process, despite irregularities and procedural breaches, and considers that such participation underscores the need for the recognition of the process outcome in order to remove the grounds for the withdrawal of duly selected candidates; considers that the credibility of both the process and the future REM Council can only be restored by returning to the lawful stage of the procedure and recognising the outcome of the most recent inclusive selection process;

49. Expresses concern over the independence, trustworthiness, and integrity of the Serbian media landscape; highlights in particular the dissemination of disinformation and pro-Russian propaganda by state-affiliated media outlets; calls on the Serbian Government to take appropriate measures to ensure media transparency, accuracy of information, and respect for journalistic standards; urges Serbia to reverse its backsliding in media freedom and align with the European Media Freedom Act; underlines that strengthening media and digital literacy is essential for countering disinformation, foreign information manipulation and interference and anti-EU narratives, and for reinforcing democratic resilience; calls on Serbia to further develop and implement comprehensive and inclusive media literacy initiatives across the education system;

50. Views with concern the extensive control that political parties exert over appointments in the public sector, state agencies, state-owned enterprises, supervisory boards and key regulatory bodies, as political patronage undermines the professionalism and accountability of the administration;

51. Stresses the importance of protecting academic freedom and institutional autonomy in line with the principles of the European Higher Education Area; expresses its deep concern over reports of financial, administrative and physical pressure on academic staff and of government measures’ interference with the institutional autonomy of universities, including political threats against the Rector of the University of Belgrade and deans of universities across Serbia, dismissals of academic staff and reported police interventions on university premises; calls on the Serbian authorities to immediately end these practices and fully respect the autonomy of universities in line with the European Convention on Human Rights; condemns the political pressure exerted on universities and other research institutions; condemns the vilification of professors, researchers and other academic staff in pro-government media; condemns the police raid, broadcast through pro-government tabloid media, of the premises of the University of Belgrade, as yet another form of pressure and intimidation on academia and on academic freedoms;

52. Notes with concern that the Serbian Government’s conduct in the field of education and academic freedom is undermining standards under Chapters 25 and 26, which are the only two chapters Serbia has provisionally closed; calls on the Commission to assess whether the conditions for the provisional closure of Chapters 25 and 26 continue to be fulfilled;

53. Expresses serious concern over increasing political interference in cultural institutions in Serbia, including pressures on artistic programming, governance structures and funding decisions, as well as on heritage-protection institutions and professionals; notes reports of restrictions on access to cultural content that undermine citizens’ right to participate in cultural life, cancellations of cultural programmes, dismissals of cultural professionals and pressures on experts involved in heritage protection; stresses that freedom of artistic expression, institutional autonomy and professional independence are integral parts of democratic life; calls on the Serbian authorities to fully respect these principles in line with European standards and the European Convention on Human Rights and to establish a transparent, merit-based and depoliticised cultural governance, ensuring fair and independent allocation of public funding and an enabling environment for the cultural and creative sectors free from political interference;

54. Reiterates that Serbia must ensure the consistent and effective implementation of the legislative and institutional frameworks for the protection of fundamental rights, in particular as regards policies addressing violence against women, deinstitutionalisation and violence against children; expresses concern about the persistently high rate of gender-based violence in Serbia, including its digital dimension, and calls on the Serbian authorities to ensure a response with adequate action plans, funding and implementation mechanisms;

56. Highlights that access to education in minority languages remains limited in practice and must be guaranteed at all levels without delay or administrative obstacles, in line with fundamental minority rights; calls on Serbia to protect and promote the cultural heritage and traditions of its national minorities, in particular to create a positive atmosphere for education in minority languages, and deplores the violation of minority rights in this area; emphasises the need to fully provide sufficient teachers, textbooks and materials; calls on Serbia to refrain from exploiting national identities and strongly condemns recorded cases of hate speech against some of them;

57. Recognises the role of national minority councils but expresses concern about their limited capacities and calls for adequate financial and institutional support to ensure their independence;

58. Strongly condemns attempts by the Serbian authorities to undermine the national identity of communities within the country; expresses concern, in this context, over the promotion of narratives such as the so-called ‘Shopi nation’, which seek to erase the existence of the Bulgarian community and deny its historical roots, cultural heritage and right of self-identification, which is protected under international law; calls on Serbia to ensure the right to use names and language specific to minority groups, including women within the Bulgarian community; expresses concern over the demographic decline of certain minority groups;

59. Calls on the Serbian Government to ensure equal rights for the Croatian minority in Serbia, just as the Serbian minority enjoys equal rights in Croatia, and to show sincere commitment to resolving outstanding issues concerning the Croatian minority; regrets Serbia’s actions to appropriate Croatian cultural heritage and the origin of its literary tradition or to question the status of the Croatian language; welcomes, at the same time, the approval of preschool education in Croatian in Tavankut; expects that full implementation will commence immediately and encourages national and local authorities to continue their dialogue with the Croatian National Council;

60. Highlights the situation of the Romanian minority in Serbia and calls on the authorities to take all measures to ensure its full enjoyment of its linguistic, religious, educational and cultural rights, including by facilitating access to Romanian-language education, religious services and media, and to promote inclusive policies that safeguard its members’ identity and participation in public life; calls on the Serbian authorities to refrain from making distinctions between Vlachs and Romanians; regrets the situation of the Romanian Orthodox Church in Serbia, which is not officially recognised by the state as a traditional church, thus creating significant challenges for Romanian churches and clerics in conducting religious worship for the Romanian community;

61. Reiterates its concern regarding restrictive and arbitrary enforcement of the Law on Permanent and Temporary Residence related to the passivation of the addresses of thousands of Albanians in the south of Serbia; urges the Ministry of the Interior to publicise, as soon as possible, comprehensive statistics on citizens passivised between 2011 and 2024 in Medveđa, Bujanovac and Preševo, disaggregated by nationality/ethnicity; underlines that the Ministry for Public Administration and Local Self-Government needs to halt the process of removing the citizens with passivised addresses from the single electoral roll;

62. Calls on Serbia to ensure full implementation of the Roma inclusion strategy, including adequate funding, coordination and monitoring with participation of Roma communities; calls for measures to ensure equal access to education and to prevent segregation;

63. Expresses concern regarding the increasing political influence of religious institutions and calls on the authorities to ensure respect for secularism, equal treatment and full recognition of all religious communities;

64. Condemns the continued climate of hostility, discrimination and hate speech against LGBTIQ+ persons in Serbia; calls for Serbia to improve its implementation of laws on hate crime, hate speech and anti-discrimination; encourages the Serbian authorities to resume, without delay, the legislative process concerning the Gender Equality Law and the Law on Same-Sex Unions in order to strengthen the protection of fundamental rights and ensure alignment with European standards on equality and non-discrimination;

65. Notes that the Trafficking in Persons Report highlights the fact that the relevant authorities in Serbia do not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking in human beings, despite demonstrating increased efforts compared to the previous reporting period; calls on the authorities to address these deficiencies by strengthening victim-centred approaches, ensuring effective and dissuasive prosecutions, improving interinstitutional coordination, and enhancing cooperation with civil society in line with international standards;

Reconciliation and good neighbourly relations

66. Expects Serbia to fully cooperate with Kosovo to finally bring to justice the perpetrators of the 2023 terrorist attack in Banjska; condemns the fact that Serbia still has not prosecuted the culprits, most notably Milan Radoičić, the former Vice-President of Srpska Lista; reiterates that all individuals responsible for acts of violence must be held accountable and face justice without delay, in line with the rule of law and due process; strongly condemns the attack on the Ibër-Lepenc/Ibar-Lepenac canal in the north of Kosovo in November 2024, and calls for the perpetrators to be swiftly apprehended and brought to justice; calls on Serbia to respond without further delay to Kosovo’s January 2025 request for mutual legal assistance in relation to this attack and to cooperate fully with the investigation;