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2025 Commission report on Kosovo

TA-10-2026-0220 · P10_TA(2026)0220 · PE784.231

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Parliament's resolution on the 2025 Commission report on Kosovo commends Kosovo's EU commitment and supports its membership application, urging member states to recognise Kosovo and grant candidate status. It calls for reforms in rule of law, anti-corruption, media freedom, and minority rights, and stresses normalisation of relations with Serbia through dialogue. It welcomes the lifting of EU measures and urges Kosovo to implement socio-economic, digital, energy, and environmental reforms.

Key points

  1. Commends Kosovo's commitment to EU accession and supports its membership application, calling on the Council to invite the Commission to present its questionnaire and grant candidate status once criteria are met.
  2. Calls on the five member states that have not recognised Kosovo's independence to do so without delay.
  3. Welcomes the lifting of EU measures against Kosovo, including the release of EUR 216 million and EUR 205 million, and questions the transparency of those measures.
  4. Urges Kosovo to step up reforms in rule of law, fight against corruption and organised crime, and ensure merit-based appointments and independent institutions.
  5. Expresses concern over media freedom decline, attacks on journalists, and calls for adoption of laws protecting journalistic sources and aligning with EU media standards.
  6. Calls for better protection of minority rights, including the Bulgarian minority, and for full incorporation of all recognised minorities into the constitution.
  7. Urges Kosovo to strengthen gender equality, protect women from discrimination, and adopt the new Civil Code.
  8. Calls for full implementation of the Brussels and Ohrid Agreements, including the Association/Community of Serb-Majority Municipalities, and for Serbia to cooperate on justice for war crimes and missing persons.
  9. Urges Kosovo to accelerate green transition, reduce reliance on coal, and increase protected areas, including for the Balkan lynx.
  10. Calls for socio-economic reforms, including better labour protection, social dialogue, healthcare access, and digitalisation, with only 10 % of public services online.

Who is affected

  • Kosovo's authorities and institutions, which are called on to implement reforms in rule of law, anti-corruption, media, and minority rights.
  • The five EU member states not recognising Kosovo (Cyprus, Greece, Romania, Slovakia, Spain), urged to recognise it.
  • Serbia, called on to cooperate in normalisation, justice for Banjska attack, and missing persons.
  • Journalists and media workers in Kosovo, who face threats and pressure; Parliament calls for their protection.
  • Minority communities in Kosovo, including Serbs, Roma, Ashkali, Egyptians, and Bulgarians, whose rights need better protection.

Figures and deadlines

  • EUR 216 million in priority contracts released in December 2025 and EUR 205 million in early 2026.
  • Kosovo ranked 76th out of 182 in the 2025 Corruption Perceptions Index, three places lower than in 2024.
  • Kosovo's media freedom ranking fell 24 places to 99th in the 2025 World Press Freedom Index.
  • Only 10 % of public services are offered online.
  • Up to 1 590 missing persons remain unresolved; only 26 cases resolved between April 2024 and September 2025.
  • Kosovo adopted only 8 of 14 pieces of secondary legislation from the Law on cybersecurity.