2025 Commission report on Kosovo

Tabled by Matthieu Valet, Pierre-Romain Thionnet, Julie Rechagneux

6. Removed: Supports Kosovo’s application for EU membership, submitted in December 2022; reiterates its call on the Member States within the Council to invite the Commission to present its questionnaire without undue delay and to submit its opinion on the merits of the country’s application for membership and call on the Council to act swiftly thereafter, including by granting candidate status once the relevant criteria are fulfilled; calls on the five Member States that have not yet recognised Kosovo’s independence to do so without delay to enable it to advance on an equal footing with other candidates; recalls the ICJ advisory opinion of 22 July 2010, which states that the unilateral declaration of independence of Kosovo does not violate general international law; Added: Stresses that the non-recognition of Kosovo by five EU Member States constitutes a major obstacle to Kosovo’s EU accession process; underlines that the right to recognise an entity as a state, in terms of international law, is a fundamental element of state sovereignty; firmly rejects the pressure exerted by the EU on these five Member States;

Wording as published by the EP, in English. PE783.340