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Own-initiative report First reading

2023 and 2024 Commission reports on Montenegro

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 18 June 2025. This is its final position on the matter.

  1. ✓ Referred to committee 23 January 2025
  2. ✓ Committee work Report adopted 13 May 2025
  3. ✓ Tabled for plenary 20 May 2025
  4. ✓ Plenary vote Adopted 18 June 2025
  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
Rapporteur
Marjan ŠAREC Renew
Shadow rapporteurs
Reinhold LOPATKA PPECostas MAVRIDES S&DJaroslav BŽOCH PfEŞerban Dimitrie STURDZA ECRVladimir PREBILIČ Verts/ALEGiorgos GEORGIOU 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 TA10-0130/2025 18 June 2025 ✦ Parliament's resolution on Montenegro's 2023 and 2024 reports reaffirms support for EU accession, welcomes progress, and urges reforms in rule of law, fundamental rights, and socio-economic areas.⇄ what changed Tabled for plenary Report A10-0093/2025 20 May 2025 ✦ This resolution on the 2023 and 2024 Commission reports on Montenegro welcomes the country's progress in EU accession, including the closure of three more negotiating chapters, and calls for continued reforms in democracy, rule of law, and fundamental freedoms.⇄ what changed Committee draft Draft report (AFET) 18 February 2025 ✦ This draft report on Montenegro's EU accession progress welcomes its reforms and alignment with EU foreign policy, while urging further work on rule of law, anti-corruption, media freedom, and socioeconomic reforms.

Latest Tabled for plenary → Adopted by Parliament: The versions differ only in formal points: punctuation in recital markers is corrected. see the changes →

Committee draft → Tabled for plenary: The report adds a new geopolitical context, stressing EU enlargement momentum and Montenegro's leading role, with a target of EU membership by 2028. It expands sections on foreign policy, security, and countering malign influence, including new calls for NATO cooperation and condemnation of interference. It significantly broadens coverage of rule of law, judiciary, corruption, and elections, adding detailed recommendations and concerns. It adds extensive new paragraphs on human rights, minorities, media freedom, civil society, and socio-economic reforms, including specific concerns about foreign debt and procurement. The other changes are formal and wording: updated forwarding instructions and rephrased explanatory statement. see the changes →

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. 18 June 2025 Plenary vote
    Sitting of 18 June 2025 📄 Report A10-0093/2025📄 Adopted text TA10-0130/2025
    Adopted Adopted by a large majority
    For 470 Against 102 Abstained 77

    Final vote — text as a whole at 13:27 · 72% of votes cast in favour · every MEP’s position →

    How the vote unfolded · 9 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 9 ballots in voting order
    1. Amendment 5, adding text after paragraph 1 13:25 A10-0093/2025 – Marjan Šarec – After § 1 – Am 5
    Rejected
    2. Amendment 6, adding text after paragraph 2 13:25 A10-0093/2025 – Marjan Šarec – After § 2 – Am 6
    Rejected
    3. Amendment 7 to paragraph 44 13:26 A10-0093/2025 – Marjan Šarec – § 44 – Am 7
    Rejected
    4. Amendment 8, adding text after paragraph 50 13:26 A10-0093/2025 – Marjan Šarec – After § 50 – Am 8
    Rejected
    5. Amendment 1, adding text after paragraph 60 13:26 A10-0093/2025 – Marjan Šarec – After § 60 – Am 1
    Rejected
    6. Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 60 13:26 A10-0093/2025 – Marjan Šarec – After § 60 – Am 2
    Rejected
    7. Amendment 3 to recital A 13:26 A10-0093/2025 – Marjan Šarec – recital A – Am 3
    Rejected
    8. Amendment 4 to recital B 13:27 A10-0093/2025 – Marjan Šarec – recital B – Am 4
    Rejected
    9. Final vote — text as a whole 13:27 A10-0093/2025 – Marjan Šarec – Motion for a resolution (text as a whole)
    Adopted
  3. 17 June 2025 Debated in plenary

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

    Sitting of 17 June 2025 📄 Report A10-0093/2025
  4. 10 June – 11 June 2025 8 amendments tabled for the plenary vote

    Groups propose changes to the tabled text; each is voted on before the final vote.

    📄 Amendments 1–2📄 Amendments 3–8
  5. 20 May 2025 Report tabled for plenary

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

    📄 Report A10-0093/2025
  6. Committee stage
  7. 13 May 2025 Committee vote: report adopted

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

  8. 19 March 2025 Amendments tabled in committee

    Members of AFET (Foreign Affairs) proposed changes to the draft.

    📄 Amendments in committee (AFET)
  9. 18 February 2025 Draft report published

    The rapporteur’s first text in AFET (Foreign Affairs). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.

    📄 Draft report (AFET)
  10. 23 January 2025 Referred to the AFET (Foreign Affairs) committee

    The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.