Serbia and Kosovo have both declared their intention to join the EU. However, despite some initial successes, such as the Brussels Agreement of 2013, the dialogue facilitated by the EU and initiated in 2011 has stalled. The reasons for the very limited results are multiple, ranging from the internal political situation in both countries, to ambiguous and asymmetrical expectations of the normalisation agreement. Currently, the most sensitive issue, the setting-up of the association/community of Serbian municipalities in Kosovo, agreed in 2013, shows that the challenges are rooted deeply in history and have a much broader regional context.

EPRS podcast - Policy: Belgrade-Pristina dialogue: The rocky road towards a comprehensive normalisation agreement

The European Union has played a leading role in the international effort to build a new future for Kosovo since 1999. Kosovo has a clear European perspective as part of the wider Western Balkans region. Since June 2000, all EU partners in the Western Balkans involved in the Stabilisation and Association process, which are not yet recognised as candidates, are considered potential candidates for EU membership. Currently, Kosovo is a potential candidate.

EU - Kosovo - 8th legislative term

Kosovo is a potential candidate for EU accession. It unilaterally declared its independence in February 2008.

All but five Member States (Cyprus, Greece, Romania, Slovakia and Spain) have recognised Kosovo’s independence. In the region, Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina have not recognised Kosovo. A Visa Liberalisation Roadmap was issued in June 2012. In July 2018, the Commission confirmed that Kosovo had fulfilled the last criterion. The European Parliament followed suit and decided to enter into interinstitutional negotiations, which are ongoing. After a landmark agreement on normalising relations (the ‘Brussels Agreement’) was reached in April 2013 by Belgrade and Pristina, the European Council decided to open negotiations on an SAA with Kosovo in June 2013. The SAA entered into force on 1 April 2016. Kosovo’s future EU integration — like Serbia’s — remains closely linked to the EU-facilitated high-level dialogue between Kosovo and Serbia, which should lead to a legally binding comprehensive agreement on the normalisation of their relations

EU - Kosovo

Kosovo is a potential candidate for EU accession. It unilaterally declared its independence in February 2008.

All but five Member States (Cyprus, Greece, Romania, Slovakia and Spain) have recognised Kosovo’s independence. In the region, Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina have not recognised Kosovo. A Visa Liberalisation Roadmap was issued in June 2012. In July 2018, the Commission confirmed that Kosovo had fulfilled the last criterion. The European Parliament followed suit and decided to enter into interinstitutional negotiations, which are ongoing. After a landmark agreement on normalising relations (the ‘Brussels Agreement’) was reached in April 2013 by Belgrade and Pristina, the European Council decided to open negotiations on an SAA with Kosovo in June 2013. The SAA entered into force on 1 April 2016. Kosovo’s future EU integration — like Serbia’s — remains closely linked to the EU-facilitated high-level dialogue between Kosovo and Serbia, which should lead to a legally binding comprehensive agreement on the normalisation of their relations.

See more on our <a href="https://multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/eu-kosovo-8th-legislative-term_16303_pk">previous package</a> on the 8th legislative term.

EU - Kosovo (2019-2020)

Follow-up of the Citizen's Assembly on Disinformation - Kosovo - Study visit

Delegation for relations with Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo

DSEE

Apertura de la sesión

Composición de los grupos políticos

Composición de las comisiones y delegaciones

Informe provisional sobre la propuesta de revisión intermedia del marco financiero plurianual 2021-2027 (debate)

Ley Europea de Libertad de los Medios de Comunicación (debate)

Reanudación de la sesión

Conmemoración del décimo aniversario de la tragedia de Lampedusa(declaración de la presidenta)

Declaración de la Presidenta

Turno de votaciones

Venta masiva corrupta de visados Schengen (debate)

Escasez de medicamentos y autonomía sanitaria estratégica en la Unión (debate)

Aprobación del Acta de la sesión anterior

Turno de preguntas a la Comisión - Relaciones comerciales UE-China

Situación en Nagorno Karabaj tras el ataque de Azerbaiyán y las amenazas continuas contra Armenia (debate)

Balance de la trayectoria de Moldavia en su camino a la UE (debate)

Evolución reciente del diálogo entre Serbia y Kosovo, en particular la situación en los municipios del norte de Kosovo (debate)

Relaciones entre la Unión Europea y Suiza (debate)

Uzbekistán (debate)

Clasificación, etiquetado y envasado de sustancias y mezclas (debate)

Décimo incremento consecutivo de los tipos de interés de referencia decidido por el BCE y sus consecuencias (debate)

Explicaciones de voto

Orden del día de la próxima sesión

Aprobación del Acta de la presente sesión

Cierre de la sesión

Plenary session

Modificación del orden del día

Suplicatorio de suspensión de la inmunidad

Preparación de la reunión del Consejo Europeo de los días 29 y 30 de junio de 2023, en particular a la luz de los avances recientes hacia la celebración del Pacto sobre Migración (debate)

Legislación electoral, comisión de investigación y Estado de Derecho en Polonia (debate)

Sesión solemne - Discurso de Vjosa Osmani, presidenta de la República de Kosovo

Bienvenida

Gestación por sustitución en la Unión: riesgos de explotación y comercialización (debate de actualidad)

Examen del uso del programa espía de vigilancia Pegasus y otros programas equivalentes - Examen del uso del programa espía de vigilancia Pegasus y otros programas equivalentes (Recomendación) (debate)

Hacer de Europa el lugar donde invertir (debate)

Enseñanzas extraídas del escándalo «Papeles de Pandora» y otras revelaciones (debate)

Implementación y cumplimiento de los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible (debate)

Ampliación del mandato de la Fiscalía Europea para incluir los delitos de vulneración de las medidas restrictivas de la Unión (debate)

Tortura y enjuiciamiento penal de los menores ucranianos Tihran Ohannisian y Mykyta Janhanov por la Federación de Rusia (debate)

Situación humanitaria en Sudán, en particular la muerte de niños atrapados por los enfrentamientos (debate)

Deterioro de las libertades fundamentales en Hong Kong, en particular el caso de Jimmy Lai (debate)

Press conference by Vladimír BILČÍK, rapporteur for Serbia and Viola VON CRAMON-TAUBADEL, rapporteur for Kosovo, on the 2022 Commission Reports on Kosovo and Serbia

Revisión del Pacto de Estabilidad y Crecimiento (debate)

Esto es Europa - Debate con Olaf Scholz, canciller federal de Alemania (debate)

Aprobación de la gestión 2021 (debate)

Aprobación de la gestión 2021 (continuación del debate)

Convenio del Consejo de Europa sobre prevención y lucha contra la violencia contra las mujeres y la violencia doméstica - Adhesión de la Unión: instituciones y administración pública de la Unión - Convenio del Consejo de Europa sobre prevención y lucha contra la violencia contra las mujeres y la violencia doméstica - Adhesión de la Unión: cooperación judicial en materia penal, asilo y no devolución (debate)

Situación en Sudán (debate)

Informe de 2022 sobre Serbia (debate)

Informe de 2022 sobre Kosovo (debate)

Inicio del Año Europeo de las Competencias (debate)

Empoderamiento de los consumidores para la transición ecológica (debate)

Press conference by Thijs REUTEN, rapporteur on short-stay visa freedom between the EU and Kosovo

Delegation for relations with Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Kosovo

Press conference by Vladimír BILČÍK and Viola VON CRAMON-TAUBADEL, rapporteurs on the 2021 reports on Serbia and Kosovo

Acción europea común en materia de cuidados (debate)

Salud mental en el mundo laboral digital (debate)

Esto es Europa - Debate con Kyriakos Mitsotakis, primer ministro de Grecia (debate)

Iniciativas de la Unión para hacer frente al aumento del coste de la vida, incluida la aplicación del pilar europeo de derechos sociales (debate)

Plan de acción de la Unión para la economía social (debate)

Aprobación del Acta de la sesión anterior: véase el Acta

Turno de preguntas a la Comisión Aumento de las ambiciones de la Unión en materia de biodiversidad con vistas a la COP 15

Bienvenida : véase el Acta

Objeción con arreglo al artículo 111, apartado 3, del Reglamento interno: Modificación del acto delegado de taxonomía climática y del acto delegado sobre divulgación de información relacionada con la taxonomía (debate)

Informe de 2021 sobre Bosnia y Herzegovina (debate)

Informe de 2021 sobre Serbia (debate) (debate)

Informe de 2021 sobre Kosovo (debate)

La Unión y la defensa del multilateralismo (debate)

Press conference by Viola VON CRAMON-TAUBADEL, EP Standing Rapporteur for Kosovo, and Vladimír BILČÍK, EP Standing Rapporteur for Serbia, on “Reports on the 2019-2020 Commission Reports on Kosovo and Serbia”

Anuncio de los resultados de las votaciones: véase el Acta

Retirada de Turquía del Convenio de Estambul (debate)

Composición de las comisiones y delegaciones: véase el Acta

Estrategia Europea de Datos - Informe de evaluación de la Comisión sobre la ejecución del Reglamento general de protección de datos dos años después de su aplicación (debate)

Primer turno de votaciones (continuación)

Estrategia Europea de Datos - Informe de evaluación de la Comisión sobre la ejecución del Reglamento general de protección de datos dos años después de su aplicación (continuación del debate)

Informes 2019-2020 sobre Albania - Informes 2019-2020 sobre Kosovo - Informes 2019-2020 sobre Macedonia del Norte - Informes 2019-2020 sobre Serbia (debate)

Asesinato de Daphne Caruana Galizia y Estado de Derecho en Malta (debate)

Actos delegados (artículo 111, apartado 6, del Reglamento interno) (curso dado): véase el Acta

Control de las exportaciones, la transferencia, el corretaje, la asistencia técnica y el tránsito de productos de doble uso (debate)

Segundo turno de votaciones

Control de las exportaciones, la transferencia, el corretaje, la asistencia técnica y el tránsito de productos de doble uso (continuación del debate)

Anuncio de los resultados de las votaciones

Aprobación de las Actas del presente período parcial de sesiones y transmisión de los textos aprobados : véase el Acta

Calendario de las próximas sesiones: véase el Acta

Comunicación de la Presidencia

Conclusiones de la reunión del Consejo Europeo de los días 21 y 22 de marzo (debate)

Requisitos de control del cumplimiento y normas específicas para el desplazamiento de los conductores en el sector del transporte por carretera - Tiempos de conducción máximos, pausas mínimas y períodos de descanso diarios y semanales, y posicionamiento mediante tacógrafos - Adaptación a la evolución del sector del transporte por carretera (debate)

Composición de los grupos políticos: véase el Acta

Correcciones e intenciones de voto: véase el Acta

Reducción del impacto ambiental de determinados productos de plástico (debate)

Productos fertilizantes con el marcado CE (debate)

Lista de terceros países cuyos nacionales están sometidos a la obligación de visado para cruzar las fronteras exteriores y lista de terceros países cuyos nacionales están exentos de esa obligación (Kosovo) (debate)

Estado de previsiones de ingresos y gastos para el ejercicio 2020 - Sección I - Parlamento Europeo (debate)

Calidad de las aguas destinadas al consumo humano (debate)

Interoperabilidad entre los sistemas de información de la UE en el ámbito de la cooperación policial y judicial, el asilo y la migración - Interoperabilidad de los sistemas de información de la UE en el ámbito de las fronteras y los visados (debate) (debate)

Aumento de la eficacia de los procedimientos de condonación, insolvencia y reestructuración (debate)

Ejercicio de los derechos de autor y derechos afines aplicables a determinadas transmisiones en línea y a las retransmisiones de programas de radio y televisión (debate)

Decisión por la que se crea un Fondo Europeo de Apoyo a la Paz (debate)

Orden del día de la próxima sesión : véase el Acta

Plenary

Declaración de la Presidencia

Composición del Parlamento: véase el Acta

Comprobación de credenciales

Suplicatorio de suspensión de la inmunidad parlamentaria 

Negociaciones antes de la primera lectura del Parlamento (artículo 69 quater del Reglamento interno): véase el Acta

Firma de actos adoptados de conformidad con el procedimiento legislativo ordinario (artículo 78 del Reglamento)

Orden de los trabajos

Debate con el primer ministro de Dinamarca, Lars Løkke Rasmussen, sobre el futuro de Europa

Estrategia para la reducción a largo plazo de las emisiones de gases de efecto invernadero de la Unión de conformidad con el Acuerdo de París (debate)

Paquete sobre el mercado único (debate)

OMC: el camino a seguir (debate)

Informe de 2018 sobre Serbia

Informe de 2018 sobre Kosovo

Informe de 2018 sobre la Antigua República Yugoslava de Macedonia (debate)

Informe de 2018 sobre Albania (debate)

Informe de 2018 sobre Montenegro (debate)

Defensa de la libertad académica en la acción exterior de la Unión

Intervenciones de un minuto sobre asuntos de importancia política

Cierre de la sesión 

EP Plenary session - Council and Commission statements - Recent developments in the Serbia-Kosovo dialogue, including the situation in the northern municipalities in Kosovo

AFET -  Exchange of views on the recent developments between Serbia and Kosovo

Delara Burkhardt meets with President of Kosovo Vjosa OSMANI-SADRIU

EP Plenary session - Formal Sitting - Address by Vjosa OSMANI-SADRIU, President of Kosovo

Roberta METSOLA, EP President meets with Vjosa OSMANI-SADRIU, President of Kosovo

Othmar KARAS welcomes Vjosa OSMANI-SADRIU, President of Kosovo

Press conference on the 2022 Commission Reports on Kosovo and Serbia

EP Plenary session - 2022 Report on Kosovo

Press conference on short-stay visa freedom between the EU and Kosovo

10th EU - Kosovo SAPC Meeting

Roberta METSOLA, EP President meets with Albin KURTI, Kosovan Prime Minister

Lukas MANDL meets with Albin KURTI, Kosovan Prime Minister

AFET committee meeting - Exchange of views with BISLIMI, First Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Kosovo

Press conference on the 2021 reports on Serbia and Kosovo

EP Plenary session - 2021 Report on Kosovo

Roberta METSOLA, EP President meets with Vjosa OSMANI, President of Kosovo

AFET Committee - Vote assessment of the progress made towards EU membership by Bosnia Herzegovina, Kosovo and Serbia

EP President, Roberta METSOLA, participates to the EU-Western Balkans Summit. Before her address to the Council, she speaks to the press. One year after the 2022 summit in Tirana, EU and Western Balkans leaders met in Brussels for their fourth annual summit. The summit is an opportunity to reaffirm the EU membership perspective of the Western Balkans and also the need for partners’ sustained and irreversible reform achievements, underpinned by EU values and principles.

EU-Western Balkans Summit: Doorstep by Roberta METSOLA, EP President

MEPs vote on the following motions for resolution: Recent developments in the Serbia-Kosovo dialogue, including the situation in the northern municipalities in Kosovo; The despicable terrorist attacks of Hamas against Israel.

Voting session, including the motion for resolution on the despicable terrorist attacks of Hamas against Israel

Vjosa OSMANI-SADRIU, President of Kosovo, addresses MEPs in a formal sitting in Strasbourg. On 3 June, the EU condemned in the strongest terms the violent acts in the north of Kosovo, where dozens of NATO peacekeepers were injured. It was sparked by Kosovo’s resolve to install newly appointed, ethnic-Albanian mayors into office in the north of the country after local Serbs boycotted the elections. The EU urged both Kosovo and Serbia to de-escalate the situation immediately and stop using divisive rhetoric. Failure to do so would result in resolute measures, warned High Representative in his statement. Address by Vjosa OSMANI, President of Kosovo

Address by Vjosa OSMANI-SADRIU, President of Kosovo: Address by Vjosa OSMANI, President of Kosovo

Roberta METSOLA gives her introductory statement in a formal sitting with Vjosa OSMANI-SADRIU, President of Kosovo. On 3 June, the EU condemned in the strongest terms the violent acts in the north of Kosovo, where dozens of NATO peacekeepers were injured. It was sparked by Kosovo’s resolve to install newly appointed, ethnic-Albanian mayors into office in the north of the country after local Serbs boycotted the elections. The EU urged both Kosovo and Serbia to de-escalate the situation immediately and stop using divisive rhetoric. Failure to do so would result in resolute measures, warned High Representative in his statement.

Formal Sitting with Vjosa OSMANI-SADRIU, President of Kosovo: introductory statement by Roberta METSOLA, EP President

Vjosa OSMANI, President of Kosovo, came to the European Parliament. She met with Roberta METSOLA, EP President. Later on, she addressed the plenary. Extracts from her arrival, welcome and roundtable with Roberta METSOLA. Extracts from the formal sitting.

Visit of Vjosa OSMANI, President of Kosovo, to the European Parliament: meeting with Roberta METSOLA, EP President, extracts from the Formal sitting

Vladimír BILČÍK (EPP, SK) and Viola VON CRAMON-TAUBADEL (Greens/EFA, DE) hold a press conference on the 2022 Commission Reports on Kosovo and Serbia in the European Parliament in Strasbourg.This transcription is a result of an automatic process. Please check against delivery.

Press conference by Vladimír BILČÍK (EPP, SK) and Viola VON CRAMON-TAUBADEL (Greens/EFA, DE) on the 2022 Commission Reports on Kosovo and Serbia

MEPs debate Kosovo’s work to secure candidate country status and urge Serbia and Kosovo to engage in the Belgrade-Pristina Dialogue to make progress on this. Closing statements by Olivér VÁRHELYI, European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement and by Viola VON CRAMON-TAUBADEL (Greens/EFA,DE), Rapporteur.

2022 Report on Kosovo: closing statements by Olivér VÁRHELYI, European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement and by Viola VON CRAMON-TAUBADEL (Greens/EFA,DE), Rapporteur

MEPs debate Kosovo’s work to secure candidate country status and urge Serbia and Kosovo to engage in the Belgrade-Pristina Dialogue to make progress on this.

2022 Report on Kosovo: MEPs debate

MEPs debate Kosovo’s work to secure candidate country status and urge Serbia and Kosovo to engage in the Belgrade-Pristina Dialogue to make progress on this. Opening statements by Viola VON CRAMON-TAUBADEL (Greens/EFA, DE), Rapporteur and by Olivér VÁRHELYI, European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement.

2022 Report on Kosovo: opening statements by Viola VON CRAMON-TAUBADEL (Greens/EFA, DE), Rapporteur and by Olivér VÁRHELYI, European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement

The Parliament votes on third countries whose nationals are subject to or exempt from a visa requirement: Kosovo - Thijs REUTEN (S&D, NL) and on Machinery products - Ivan ŠTEFANEC (EPP, SK)

Voting session (part 1)

Roberta METSOLA, EP President meets with Albin KURTI, Kosovan Prime Minister, in the European Parliament, in Strasbourg. Extracts from the arrival, welcome and roundtable

Roberta METSOLA, EP President meets with Albin KURTI, Kosovan Prime Minister: arrival, welcome and roundtable

MEPs debate on the official start of accession negotiations with North Macedonia and Albania last July and to call on the EU to grant visa liberalisation to Kosovo. They are also likely to urge Serbia to align with the EU’s restrictive measures and policy towards Russia. first part of the debate.

EU-Western Balkans relations in light of the new enlargement package: MEPs debate (part 1)

MEPs debate on the official start of accession negotiations with North Macedonia and Albania last July and to call on the EU to grant visa liberalisation to Kosovo. They are also likely to urge Serbia to align with the EU’s restrictive measures and policy towards Russia. opening statements by Oliver VARHELYI, European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement.

EU-Western Balkans relations in light of the new enlargement package: opening statement by Oliver VARHELYI, European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement

On the 14th September 2022, Ursula von der LEYEN, EC President, delivers her State of the European Union (SOTEU) speech in the European Parliament. This infoclip illustrates one of the main stake of the coming year: the future of the Europea Union. Following the Conference on the Future of Europe (CoFoe) which took place from May 2021 to May 2022, EU citizens have asked for a revision of the treaties and a reconstruction of the EU. Furthermore, Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia have been granted the candidate status to join the EU, while discussions to enlarge the European Union to Western Balkans countries are ongoing.

Infoclip: Future of the European Union

Vladimír BILČÍK (EPP, SK) and Viola VON CRAMON-TAUBADEL (Greens/EFA, DE), Rapporteurs hold a joint press conference in Strasbourg on their 2021 reports on Serbia and Kosovo.

Press conference by Vladimír BILČÍK (EPP, SK) and Viola VON CRAMON-TAUBADEL (Greens/EFA, DE), Rapporteurs on 2021 reports on Serbia and Kosovo

MEPs assess the political situation Kosovo. Opening statements by Viola VON CRAMON-TAUBADEL (Greens/EFA, DE), Rapporteur and by Janez LENARČIČ, European Commissioner for Crisis Management.

2021 Report on Kosovo: opening statements by Viola VON CRAMON-TAUBADEL (Greens/EFA, DE), Rapporteur, and by Janez LENARČIČ, European Commissioner for Crisis Management

MEPs and the European Commission review together the latest developments in the Western Balkans and assess the political situation in three accession countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo and Serbia. Extracts from the debates.

EU enlargement to Western Balkans - Political situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo and Serbia: extracts from the debates

&lt;p>EU and Western Balkan leaders meet in Brussels ahead of the June European Council meeting. Leaders discuss progress on EU integration and the challenges stemming from Russia’s aggression against Ukraine.&lt;/p>

EU-Western Balkans leaders' meeting: arrival and doorstep by Roberta METSOLA, EP President

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