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Deepening EU integration in view of future enlargement

Parliament sets out its own position on a topic. The resolution is not binding but signals what Parliament wants.

Where it stands: Parliament adopted the text on 29 February 2024. This is its final position on the matter.

  1. ✓ Referred to committee 12 July 2023
  2. ✓ Committee work Report adopted 23 January 2024
  3. ✓ Tabled for plenary 30 January 2024
  4. ✓ Plenary vote Adopted 29 February 2024
  5. ✓ Parliament’s position Final
How a file moves through Parliament

A file is referred to one lead committee (others may give an opinion). Its rapporteur writes a draft report, committee members table amendments, and the committee votes to adopt the report. The report is then tabled for all MEPs; political groups can table further amendments, which are voted on before the final vote in plenary. The adopted resolution is Parliament’s final position; it is not itself law.

Who is working on it

Lead committee
AFET — Foreign Affairs
Rapporteurs
Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS RenewMEP #124747 S&D
Shadow rapporteurs
MEP #204421 IDMEP #197393 PPEMEP #96779 PPEThijs REUTEN S&DMEP #28297 ECRSandro GOZI RenewThomas WAITZ Verts/ALEMEP #197531 Verts/ALEMEP #96646 The LeftMEP #130833 The Left

The rapporteur drafts and negotiates the text for the lead committee; each other political group names a shadow rapporteur to follow the file.

The text, version by version

Adopted by Parliament · latest Adopted text TA9-0120/2024 29 February 2024 ✦ Parliament's resolution says enlargement is a strategic priority and a merit-based process with no fast-track or pre-defined deadlines. It welcomes opening accession negotiations with Ukraine and Moldova, candidate status for Georgia, and negotiations with Bosnia and Herzegovina once compliance is achieved.⇄ what changed Tabled for plenary Report A9-0015/2024 30 January 2024 ✦ Parliament's resolution says enlargement is a strategic priority and a merit-based process with no fast-track or pre-defined deadlines. It welcomes opening accession negotiations with Ukraine, Moldova and Bosnia and Herzegovina and granting Georgia candidate status.

Newest version first. Open a version to read it in full. “What changed” shows the differences paragraph by paragraph; ✦ lines are AI-written from the texts themselves.

Timeline

  1. Plenary stage
  2. 29 February 2024 Plenary vote
    Sitting of 29 February 2024 📄 Report A9-0015/2024📄 Adopted text TA9-0120/2024
    Adopted Adopted by a clear majority
    For 305 Against 157 Abstained 71

    Final vote — text as a whole at 12:23 · 57% of votes cast in favour · every MEP’s position →

    How the vote unfolded · 18 ballots

    adopted rejected lapsed square = amendment circle = part of the text decisive vote Solid = roll call (click for every MEP’s vote); faded = no individual positions

    Show all 18 ballots in voting order
    1. Separate vote on paragraph 17
    — no individual positions recorded
    Adopted
    2. Paragraph 17 — part 2 12:20 Approfondir l’intégration européenne dans la perspective des futurs élargissements - Deepening EU integration in view of future enlargement - Vertiefung der EU-Integration mit Blick auf eine künftige Erweiterung - A9-0015/2024 - Petras Auštrevičius, Pedro Silva Pereira - § 17/2
    Adopted
    3. Separate vote on paragraph 31
    — no individual positions recorded
    Adopted
    4. Paragraph 31 — part 2 12:20 A9-0015/2024 - Petras Auštrevičius, Pedro Silva Pereira - § 31/2
    Adopted
    5. Paragraph 31 — part 3 12:20 A9-0015/2024 - Petras Auštrevičius, Pedro Silva Pereira - § 31/3
    Adopted
    6. Separate vote on paragraph 32
    — no individual positions recorded
    Adopted
    7. Paragraph 32 — part 2 12:21 A9-0015/2024 - Petras Auštrevičius, Pedro Silva Pereira - § 32/2
    Adopted
    8. Separate vote on paragraph 33
    — no individual positions recorded
    Adopted
    9. Paragraph 33 — part 2 12:21 A9-0015/2024 - Petras Auštrevičius, Pedro Silva Pereira - § 33/2
    Adopted
    10. Separate vote on paragraph 35
    — no individual positions recorded
    Adopted
    11. Paragraph 35 — part 2 12:21 A9-0015/2024 - Petras Auštrevičius, Pedro Silva Pereira - § 35/2
    Adopted
    12. Separate vote on paragraph 40
    — no individual positions recorded
    Adopted
    13. Paragraph 40 — part 2 12:22 A9-0015/2024 - Petras Auštrevičius, Pedro Silva Pereira - § 40/2
    Adopted
    14. Separate vote on recital U
    — no individual positions recorded
    Adopted
    15. Separate vote on recital U 12:22 A9-0015/2024 - Petras Auštrevičius, Pedro Silva Pereira - Considérant U/2
    Adopted
    16. Separate vote on recital AA
    — no individual positions recorded
    Adopted
    17. Separate vote on recital AA 12:22 A9-0015/2024 - Petras Auštrevičius, Pedro Silva Pereira - Considérant AA/2
    Adopted
    18. Final vote — text as a whole 12:23 A9-0015/2024 - Petras Auštrevičius, Pedro Silva Pereira - Proposition de résolution (ensemble du texte)
    Adopted
  3. 28 February 2024 Debated in plenary

    MEPs debated the text in the chamber ahead of the vote.

    Sitting of 28 February 2024 📄 Report A9-0015/2024
  4. 30 January 2024 Report tabled for plenary

    This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.

    📄 Report A9-0015/2024
  5. Committee stage
  6. 23 January 2024 Committee vote: report adopted

    AFET (Foreign Affairs) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.

  7. 27 October 2023 Draft report published

    The rapporteur’s first text. Members can table amendments before the committee votes.

    📄 CJ20-PR-752948
  8. 12 July 2023 Referred to the AFET (Foreign Affairs) committee

    The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.