# Report on the 2019-2020 Commission Reports on North Macedonia

European Parliament procedure 2019/2174(INI) (INI - Own-initiative procedure, 9th term, committee AFET). Stage: Procedure completed. 280 committee amendments tabled by 37 Members between 2020-12-22 and 2020-12-22.

## What the amendments focus on

This report addresses the 2019-2020 Commission Reports on North Macedonia. The amendments span opposing views on accession, from welcoming progress and the decision to open negotiations to asserting that membership is 'not desirable'; they cite the Treaty of Friendship with Bulgaria, EU-Western Balkans summits, the Economic and Investment Plan, rule of law, corruption, COVID-19 recovery, IPA pre-accession funding, and illicit firearms trafficking in the Western Balkans.

## Most active Members on this file

| Member | Country | Group | Amendments | Markdown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ilhan KYUCHYUK | Bulgaria | RE | 58 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124866.md |
| Nicolae ȘTEFĂNUȚĂ | Romania | Verts/ALE | 57 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/58766.md |
| Klemen GROŠELJ | Slovenia | RE | 56 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197452.md |
| Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS | Lithuania | RE | 56 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124766.md |
| Tineke STRIK | Netherlands | Verts/ALE | 42 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197772.md |
| Tonino PICULA | Croatia | S&D | 36 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/112744.md |
| Tanja FAJON | Slovenia | S&D | 36 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96911.md |
| Andreas SCHIEDER | Austria | S&D | 36 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197670.md |
| Angel DZHAMBAZKI | Bulgaria | ECR | 26 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124873.md |
| Christian SAGARTZ | Austria | PPE | 25 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/204368.md |
| Bernhard ZIMNIOK | Germany | ID | 20 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197489.md |
| Harald VILIMSKY | Austria | PfE | 20 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/125001.md |
| Hermann TERTSCH | Spain | PfE | 20 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197831.md |
| Željana ZOVKO | Croatia | PPE | 18 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/185341.md |
| Charlie WEIMERS | Sweden | ECR | 15 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/123562.md |

## Official source documents

- PE648.337: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/AFET-AM-648337_EN.pdf

Full amendment texts, votes and exports: https://amendeu.com/dossiers/2019-2174-INI · machine-readable: https://amendeu.com/data/dossiers/2019-2174-INI.json

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