2025 Commission report 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 17 June 2026. This is its final position on the matter.
- ✓ Referred to committee 18 December 2025
- ✓ Committee work Report adopted 5 May 2026
- ✓ Tabled for plenary 12 May 2026
- ✓ Plenary vote Adopted 17 June 2026
- ✓ 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
Latest Tabled for plenary → Adopted by Parliament: Parliament updates the count of closed negotiating chapters and welcomes the Council's ad hoc working group on an accession treaty with Montenegro. 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. 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. The other change is wording: a stray number is removed from the reference to the European Media Freedom Act. see the changes →
Committee draft → Tabled for plenary: The new version adds detailed requirements on the rule of law, judicial independence, corruption, media freedom, civil society and fundamental rights, including new benchmarks and monitoring. It expands economic and financial provisions on SEPA, roaming, investment screening, energy security and environmental protection, and adds new recitals on enlargement, foreign interference and regional security. It updates figures on closed negotiating chapters and adds calls for institutional responsibility, electoral integrity and protection of the information environment. The other changes are formal and wording: the forwarding instruction is updated and explanatory passages are rephrased or shortened. 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
- Plenary stage
- 17 June 2026 Plenary voteAdopted Adopted by a large majorityFor 486 Against 101 Abstained 75
Final vote — text as a whole at 14:16 · 73% of votes cast in favour · every MEP’s position →
Show all 8 ballots in voting order
Adopted2. Amendment 5, adding text after paragraph 10 14:15 A10-0143/2026 – Marjan Šarec – After § 10 – Am 5Adopted3. Amendment 1, adding text after paragraph 27 14:15 A10-0143/2026 – Marjan Šarec – After § 27 – Am 1Rejected4. Separate vote on paragraph 30AdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recordedAdoptedAdopted7. Vote on text inserted after paragraph 54RejectedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded8. Final vote — text as a whole 14:16 A10-0143/2026 – Marjan Šarec – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)Adopted - 16 June 2026 Debated in plenary
MEPs debated the text in the chamber ahead of the vote.
- 9 June 2026 5 amendments tabled for the plenary vote
Groups propose changes to the tabled text; each is voted on before the final vote.
- 12 May 2026 Report tabled for plenary
This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.
- Committee stage
- 5 May 2026 Committee vote: report adopted
AFET (Foreign Affairs) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
- 11 March 2026 Amendments tabled in committee
Members of AFET (Foreign Affairs) proposed changes to the draft.
- 9 February 2026 Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text in AFET (Foreign Affairs). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.
- 18 December 2025 Referred to the AFET (Foreign Affairs) committee
The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.