What changed
Parliament updates the count of closed negotiating chapters and welcomes the Council's ad hoc working group on an accession treaty with Montenegro. #1 It adds a condemnation of actions by structures linked to the Serbian ruling party aimed at destabilising Montenegro and disrupting the EU-Western Balkans Summit. #2 It welcomes the Council's authorisation of opening negotiations on extending the 'roam like at home' regime to the Western Balkan partners and calls for timely bilateral agreements. #4 The other change is wording: a stray number is removed from the reference to the European Media Freedom Act. #3
3 changes of substance, plus 1 wording-only. Each change below carries a one-line ✦ note from the same model. Written from the two texts only — read the highlighted passages before relying on it.
The changes to the text itself, in document order. Cover page, citations (“having regard to …”), standard resolution paragraphs and punctuation-only edits are left out — they are in “Show every difference”.
Change #1 Substance
Updates the number of negotiating chapters closed in 2026 and the total, and adds a welcome for the Council's ad hoc working group on drafting an accession treaty with Montenegro.
1. Welcomes Montenegro’s steady progress on EU-related reforms, underpinned by broad political engagement and ambition to complete negotiations by the end of 2026; welcomes the provisional closure of 6 more negotiating chapters in 2025 and 24 in 2026, bringing the total to 14;16; reiterates its full support for the country’s future in the EU; welcomes the establishment in the Council of an ad hoc working group on the drafting of an accession treaty with Montenegro, as an important and timely step in advancing the final phase of Montenegro’s EU accession process and reaffirming the EU’s commitment to enlargement;
Change #2 Substance
Adds a paragraph condemning actions by structures linked to the Serbian ruling party aimed at destabilising Montenegro and disrupting the EU-Western Balkans Summit.
11. Notes with serious concern the reports that Serbian President Vučić’s supporters travelled to Tivat on 3 June 2026 in an attempt to destabilise Montenegro and to disrupt the EU-Western Balkans Summit; further notes that some of the individuals involved had previously been identified at pro-government mobilisations, were involved in efforts to suppress student protests in Serbia and had records of violent criminal offences or misdemeanours; strongly condemns the actions of structures linked to the Serbian ruling party aimed at destabilising Montenegro and undermining its progress towards EU accession;
Change #4 Substance
Welcomes the Council's authorisation of opening negotiations on extending the 'roam like at home' regime to the Western Balkan partners and calls for timely conclusion of bilateral agreements with those partners.
53.54. Welcomes the Commission’s proposal to open negotiations with the Western Balkan partners, including Montenegro, to extend the EU’s ‘roam like at home’ regime, thereby enabling citizens and businesses to benefit from seamless mobile connectivity at domestic rates across the EU and the Western Balkans, fostering people-to-people contacts, boosting economic ties, supporting educational exchanges and facilitating tourism; underlines that this initiative constitutes a concrete step towards deeper pre-accession integration, supports cross-border social and economic ties and brings tangible benefits to citizens well ahead of full EU membership; calls forwelcomes the swiftCouncil’s adoptionauthorisation of the negotiatingopening mandatesof negotiations on extending the ‘roam like at home’ regime to the Western Balkan partners, and calls for the timely conclusion of bilateral agreements with the Western Balkanthose partners;