Sittings · Document
2.5.2025 A10-0072/12
Amendment 12
Danilo Della Valle
on behalf of The Left Group
Report A10-0072/2025
Tonino Picula
2023 and 2024 reports on Serbia
(2025/2022(INI))
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
1. Notes Serbia’s stated commitment to EU membership as its strategic goal and its ambition to align fully with the EU acquis by the end of 2026; urges Serbia to deliver quickly and decisively on essential reforms, especially in cluster 1, for this very ambitious commitment to be perceived as realistic, genuine and meaningful; stresses the need for Serbia to seriously and categorically demonstrate that it is strategically oriented towards the EU, by showing strong political will and consistency in the implementation of EU-related reforms and by communicating objectively and unambiguously with its citizens about the EU, Serbia’s European path and the required reforms;
1. Notes Serbia’s stated commitment to EU membership as its strategic goal and its ambition to align fully with the EU acquis by the end of 2026; urges Serbia to deliver quickly and decisively on essential reforms, especially in cluster 1, for this very ambitious commitment to be perceived as realistic, genuine and meaningful;
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2.5.2025 A10-0072/13
Amendment 13
Danilo Della Valle
on behalf of The Left Group
Report A10-0072/2025
Tonino Picula
2023 and 2024 reports on Serbia
(2025/2022(INI))
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
6. Stresses the importance of implementing sanctions against Russia for the security of Europe as a whole; deplores Serbia’s continued close relations with Russia, raising concerns about its strategic orientation; reiterates its calls on the Serbian authorities to enhance transparency regarding the role and activities of the so-called Russian-Serbian Humanitarian Center in Nis and to immediately terminate all military cooperation with Russia; notes Serbia’s decision to support the UN resolution condemning Russia’s aggression against Ukraine three years after the full-scale invasion; regrets President Vučić’s immediate verbal retraction of Serbia’s UN vote, calling it a ‘mistake’; considers that maintaining privileged relations with the Kremlin regime undermines not only Serbia’s credibility as a candidate country but also the trust of its European partners and the future of EU-Serbia relations;
6. Reiterates its calls on the Serbian authorities to enhance transparency regarding the role and activities of the so-called Russian-Serbian Humanitarian Center in Nis and to immediately terminate all military cooperation with Russia; notes Serbia’s decision to support the UN resolution condemning Russia’s aggression against Ukraine three years after the full-scale invasion;
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2.5.2025 A10-0072/14
Amendment 14
Danilo Della Valle
on behalf of The Left Group
Report A10-0072/2025
Tonino Picula
2023 and 2024 reports on Serbia
(2025/2022(INI))
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
8. Deplores the continued spread of disinformation, including about Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine; condemns the spillover effects of these actions in other countries in the region; calls on the Serbian authorities to combat disinformation and calls for the EU to enhance cooperation with Serbia to strengthen democratic resilience and counter hybrid threats;
8. Calls on the Serbian authorities to combat disinformation and calls for the EU to enhance cooperation with Serbia to strengthen democratic resilience and counter hybrid threats;
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2.5.2025 A10-0072/15
Amendment 15
Danilo Della Valle
on behalf of The Left Group
Report A10-0072/2025
Tonino Picula
2023 and 2024 reports on Serbia
(2025/2022(INI))
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
17a. Welcomes the student demonstrations of recent months, as well as the subsequent resignation of Prime Minister Vučević and the setting of an election date, as evidence of a healthy democratic and reformist discourse present within Serbian society, particularly among the younger generations;
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2.5.2025 A10-0072/16
Amendment 16
Danilo Della Valle
on behalf of The Left Group
Report A10-0072/2025
Tonino Picula
2023 and 2024 reports on Serbia
(2025/2022(INI))
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
37. Calls on Serbia to fight disinformation, including manipulative anti-EU narratives and, in particular, to end its own state-sponsored disinformation campaigns; condemns the opening of an RT office in Belgrade, the launch of RT’s online news service in Serbian and the continued operation of the Russian online news service Sputnik Srbija, which is used to propagate pro-Russian narratives and misinformation across the Western Balkans region; 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; is deeply concerned about the spread of disinformation about the Russian aggression against Ukraine; calls on Serbia and the Commission to bolster infrastructure to fight disinformation and other hybrid threats; condemns the increasing influence of Russian and Chinese state-sponsored disinformation in Serbia, including the dissemination of anti-EU and anti-democratic narratives;
37. Encourages the development of common instruments to combat disinformation and safeguard freedom of expression across Europe; urges the Serbian Government to promote measures ensuring freedom of information for minorities, particularly through access to public media outlets;
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2.5.2025 A10-0072/17
Amendment 17
Danilo Della Valle
on behalf of The Left Group
Report A10-0072/2025
Tonino Picula
2023 and 2024 reports on Serbia
(2025/2022(INI))
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 56
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
56. Is concerned about the investment in Serbia by Russia and China and their growing influence on the political and economic processes in the region;
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2.5.2025 A10-0072/18
Amendment 18
Danilo Della Valle
on behalf of The Left Group
Report A10-0072/2025
Tonino Picula
2023 and 2024 reports on Serbia
(2025/2022(INI))
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 61
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
61. Recognises the important role of Serbia’s business community in advancing economic convergence with the EU, including through the opportunities offered by and in the implementation of the growth plan as a sustainable alternative to Russian and Chinese investment in the country; welcomes the business community’s contribution to advancing socio-economic relations in the Western Balkans;
61. Recognises the important role of the Serbian business community in promoting economic convergence with the EU, including through the opportunities offered by the Growth Plan and its implementation as a sustainable alternative to non-EU country investments in the country; welcomes the contribution of the business community to the advancement of socio-economic relations in the Western Balkans;
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2.5.2025 A10-0072/19
Amendment 19
Danilo Della Valle
on behalf of The Left Group
Report A10-0072/2025
Tonino Picula
2023 and 2024 reports on Serbia
(2025/2022(INI))
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 63
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
63. Calls on Serbia to increase its efforts towards the transposition of relevant environmental and climate acquis and to ensure the proper application of environmental protection standards, including by significantly enhancing its administrative and technical capacities at all levels of government, notably on waste management legislation and the adoption of the Climate Change Adaptation Programme and the National Energy and Climate Plan; urges the Serbian authorities to improve the transparency and environmental impact assessment of all investment, including from China and Russia;
63. Calls on Serbia to increase its efforts towards the transposition of relevant environmental and climate acquis and to ensure the proper application of environmental protection standards, including by significantly enhancing its administrative and technical capacities at all levels of government, notably on waste management legislation and the adoption of the Climate Change Adaptation Programme and the National Energy and Climate Plan; urges the Serbian authorities to improve the transparency and environmental impact assessment of all investment;
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2.5.2025 A10-0072/20
Amendment 20
Danilo Della Valle
on behalf of The Left Group
Report A10-0072/2025
Tonino Picula
2023 and 2024 reports on Serbia
(2025/2022(INI))
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 69
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
69. Reiterates that it is important for Serbia to continue diversifying its energy supply, to be able to break away from its dependency on Russia; takes note of the sanctions announced by the United States against Naftna Industrija Srbije (NIS), a subsidiary of the Russian Gazprom; welcomes the completion of the gas interconnector between Serbia and Bulgaria (IBS) in December 2023; regrets the postponement of the launching of the IBS’s commercial operation; calls for the swift finalisation of the permitting process to ensure its full operability in compliance with the energy community acquis; notes that Serbia is taking steps to introduce a carbon tax by 2027 as a step towards aligning with the EU emissions trading system;
69. Reiterates the importance of diversifying Serbia’s energy supply, which requires reducing its dependence on non-EU countries, and for it to start working to improve its energy performance of buildings; notes that Serbia is taking steps to introduce a carbon tax by 2027 as a step towards aligning with the EU emissions trading system;
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