EU enlargement strategy
This own-initiative report sets out an EU enlargement strategy. Amendments treat enlargement as a merit-based process under the Copenhagen criteria and Article 49 of the Treaty on European Union, discuss candidate countries including Ukraine, Moldova, Serbia, Georgia, Turkiye, Armenia and the Western Balkans, Russian and Chinese interference, hybrid threats and disinformation, the unanimity requirement in the Council, and democratic backsliding and rule-of-law reforms.
Procedure timeline
- Committee amendments tabled4 Dec 2025
- Plenary vote — Adopted11 Mar 2026 · On the motion for a resolution — the text as a whole
Plenary votes
4 roll-call votesIn plenary, Parliament usually votes in steps: first on amendments to the text (sometimes split into parts, so Members can accept one half of a sentence and reject the other), then on the text as a whole. The “main vote” is the one that adopts or rejects the text itself. Each vote below shows exactly which step it was. How voting works →
Show the 1 earlier votes
- 11 Mar 2026RejectedOn the motion for a resolution — amendment 1Official label: Proposition de résolution de remplacement - Am 1 · what was voted ↗66 for523 against32 abstentions97 did not voteForAgainstAbst.
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- 11 Mar 2026AdoptedOn paragraph 32Official label: § 32 · what was voted ↗301 for300 against24 abstentions93 did not voteForAgainstAbst.
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- 11 Mar 2026RejectedOn paragraph 33Official label: § 33 · what was voted ↗268 for328 against33 abstentions89 did not voteForAgainstAbst.
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- 11 Mar 2026Main voteAdoptedOn the motion for a resolution — the text as a wholeOfficial label: Proposition de résolution (ensemble du texte) · what was voted ↗385 for147 against98 abstentions88 did not voteForAgainstAbst.
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Vote data: HowTheyVote.eu (ODbL, attribution) / European Parliament · roll-call votes only
Official amendment documents
Members who amended this procedure
40 Members · by amendment countThe amendments, in full text
294 amendmentsEvery amendment as tabled — original text, proposed change and justification, with a link to the official PDF.