Procedure

Institutional consequences of the EU enlargement negotiations

2025/2041(INI)·10th term·AFCO·INI

Summary

Own-initiative report on the institutional consequences of the EU enlargement negotiations. The amendments concern candidate countries and the accession process, the Copenhagen criteria, the impact of Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine, the adequacy of the EU's decision-making for a Union of 27 Member States, internal institutional reforms in parallel with enlargement, enhanced cooperation and PESCO, passerelle clauses and the shift from unanimity to qualified-majority voting, and targeted Treaty changes.

Procedure timeline

Committee amendments tabled
22 Jul 2025
Plenary vote — Adopted
22 Oct 2025 · On the motion for a resolution · the text as a whole

239

Amendments

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Members

tabled at least one

Committee

22 Jul 2025

Dates

Plenary votes

12 roll-call votes

In 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 9 earlier votes
1. 22 Oct 2025Adopted
  On paragraph 4 (part 1 of a split vote)
  Official label: § 4/1 · what was voted ↗
  485 for152 against5 abstentions77 did not vote
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2. 22 Oct 2025Adopted
  On paragraph 4 (part 2 of a split vote)
  Official label: § 4/2 · what was voted ↗
  411 for169 against63 abstentions76 did not vote
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3. 22 Oct 2025Adopted
  On paragraph 4 (part 3 of a split vote)
  Official label: § 4/3 · what was voted ↗
  321 for270 against47 abstentions81 did not vote
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4. 22 Oct 2025Adopted
  On paragraph 4 (part 4 of a split vote)
  Official label: § 4/4 · what was voted ↗
  326 for272 against29 abstentions92 did not vote
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5. 22 Oct 2025Adopted
  On paragraph 4 (part 5 of a split vote)
  Official label: § 4/5 · what was voted ↗
  344 for227 against45 abstentions103 did not vote
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6. 22 Oct 2025Adopted
  On paragraph 4 (part 6 of a split vote)
  Official label: § 4/6 · what was voted ↗
  462 for162 against18 abstentions77 did not vote
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7. 22 Oct 2025Adopted
  On paragraph 10
  Official label: § 10 · what was voted ↗
  381 for236 against25 abstentions77 did not vote
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8. 22 Oct 2025Adopted
  On paragraph 12
  Official label: § 12 · what was voted ↗
  334 for286 against21 abstentions78 did not vote
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9. 22 Oct 2025Rejected
  On amendment 1 · text to be inserted after paragraph 23
  Official label: Après le § 23 - Am 1 · what was voted ↗
  263 for349 against12 abstentions95 did not vote
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22 Oct 2025Rejected
On amendment 2 · text to be inserted after paragraph 24
Official label: Après le § 24 - Am 2 · what was voted ↗
257 for358 against8 abstentions96 did not vote
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22 Oct 2025Adopted
On recital D
Official label: Considérant D · what was voted ↗
464 for136 against42 abstentions77 did not vote
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22 Oct 2025Main voteAdopted
On the motion for a resolution · the text as a whole
Official label: Proposition de résolution (ensemble du texte) · what was voted ↗
310 for277 against53 abstentions79 did not vote
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Vote data: HowTheyVote.eu (ODbL, attribution) / European Parliament · roll-call votes only

Plenary amendments2 tabled on this text

Amendments tabled for the plenary sitting on this text, in their own numbering series. This is a different set from the committee amendments tracked elsewhere on AmendEU, and is not counted in any of the site’s amendment totals.

Amendment 1Motion for a resolution · Paragraph 23 a (new)
Amendment
23a. Calls on the Commission to fully respect and implement the principles of conferral, subsidiarity and proportionality in its proposals for legislative initiatives; calls once again on the EU institutions to step up their cooperation and dialogue with the national parliaments;
official amendment document ↗
Amendment 2Motion for a resolution · Paragraph 24 a (new)
Amendment
24a. Points out that the EU owes its existence to treaties concluded by the Member States in accordance with their respective constitutional laws; emphasises that any amendment of the Treaties should similarly be subject to the unanimous agreement and ratification of all Member States;
official amendment document ↗