The country was the first Western Balkan nation to sign a Stabilisation and Association Agreement (SAA) with the EU, which entered into force in April 2004.

The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia was granted candidate country status for EU membership in December 2005. In February 2008, the EU adopted the Accession Partnership for the country, which updated the previous European Partnership agreement of January 2006. Citizens of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia were granted visa-free travel to the Schengen area in December 2009.

In June 2018, Macedonia and Greece resolved the conflict with an agreement that the country should rename itself Republic of North Macedonia. This renaming came into effect in February 2019.

EU - North Macedonia (2019-2020)

North Macedonia submitted its membership application in 2004 and became a candidate for accession to the EU in 2005. The Council decided to open accession negotiations with Albania and North Macedonia on 25 March 2020, following the Commission's proposals on a revised enlargement methodology.

North Macedonia is currently on its way to becoming the 30th member of NATO and hopes for a swift ratification of the NATO Accession Protocol by all partners; it reiterates its belief in the positive impact that the accession of North Macedonia to NATO will have for peace and stability in the region; underlines that the accession of North Macedonia to NATO is an encouraging sign of improved climate in the region.

EU - North Macedonia

22nd  EU-North Macedonia joint Parliamentary Committee

Delegation to the EU-North Macedonia Joint Parliamentary Committee

20TH MEETING  EU-NORTH MACEDONIA

Discurso de Maia Sandu, presidenta de la República de Moldavia

Declaración de la presidencia

Aprobación del Acta de la sesión anterior

Composición del Parlamento

Comprobación de credenciales

Demanda de amparo de la inmunidad parlamentaria: véase el Acta

Composición de las comisiones y delegaciones

Negociaciones antes de la primera lectura del Parlamento (artículo 71 del Reglamento interno)

Firma de los actos adoptados de conformidad con el procedimiento legislativo ordinario (artículo 79 del Reglamento interno): véase el Acta

Orden de los trabajos

Votaciones de las solicitudes de aplicación del procedimiento de urgencia (artículo 163 del Reglamento interno)

Acuerdo de Asociación entre la Unión Europea y la República de Moldavia (debate)

Asesinato de la periodista palestina Shireen Abu Akleh e incidentes violentos acaecidos durante su funeral (debate)

Informe de 2021 sobre Macedonia del Norte (debate)

Informe de 2021 sobre Albania (debate)

Procesamiento de opositores y detención de dirigentes sindicales en Bielorrusia (debate)

Nivel mínimo de imposición para los grupos multinacionales

Intervenciones de un minuto sobre asuntos de importancia política

Orden del día de la próxima sesión

Cierre de la sesión

Plenary session

Press conference by Isabel SANTOS, EP Standing Rapporteur for Albania, and Ilhan KYUCHYUK, EP Standing Rapporteur for North Macedonia, on “Reports on the 2019-2020 Commission Reports on Albania and North Macedonia”

Apertura de la sesión

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)

Reanudación de la sesión

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

Negociaciones antes de la primera lectura del Parlamento (artículo 71 del Reglamento interno) (curso dado): véase el Acta

Declaración de la Presidencia

Preparación de la reunión del Consejo Europeo de los días 10 y 11 de diciembre de 2020 (debate)

Convenio de Estambul y violencia contra las mujeres

Injerencia húngara en los medios de comunicación en Eslovenia y Macedonia del Norte

Nueva Estrategia para la Igualdad de las Personas LGBTIQ (debate)

Nueva Estrategia para la Igualdad de las Personas LGBTIQ (continuación del debate)

Orden del día de la próxima sesión : véase el Acta

Cierre de la sesión 

Plenary Session

17th meeting  EU-North Macedonia joint parliamentary committee

17th meeting EU-North Macedonia joint parliamentary committee

Operación militar turca en el nordeste de Siria y sus consecuencias (debate)

Elección del Defensor del Pueblo Europeo - candidaturas recibidas

Bienvenida

Turno de votaciones

Explicaciones de voto

Correcciones e intenciones de voto: véase el Acta

Aprobación del Acta de la sesión anterior: véase el Acta

Emergencia climática y ecológica (debate de actualidad) (debate)

Presentación del Informe Anual del Tribunal de Cuentas relativo a 2018 (debate)

Búsqueda y salvamento en el Mediterráneo (debate)

Apertura de negociaciones de adhesión con Macedonia del Norte y Albania (debate)

Apertura de negociaciones de adhesión con Macedonia del Norte y Albania (continuación del debate)

Situación en Irak, en particular la represión violenta de las protestas juveniles y estudiantiles (debate)

Declaración política de alto nivel de las Naciones Unidas sobre la cobertura sanitaria universal (debate)

Plenary

Composición del Parlamento: véase el Acta

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)

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

Discurso de Zoran Zaev, primer ministro de la Antigua República Yugoslava de Macedonia

Address by Zoran Zaev, Prime Minister of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

Informe de 2016 sobre la Antigua República Yugoslava de Macedonia

2016 Report on the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

Informe 2015 relativo a la Antigua República Yugoslava de Macedonia

2015 Report on the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

Situación en la Antigua República Yugoslava de Macedonia

Situation in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

Informe de evolución 2014 sobre la Antigua República Yugoslava de Macedonia (debate)

2014 Progress report on the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (debate)

2nd European Political Community Summit in Chisinau, Moldova - Meeting with Dimitar KOVACHEVSKI, Prime Minister of North Macedonia

AFET - Exchange of views with Bujar OSMANI, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Government of the Republic of North Macedonia

20th EU - North Macedonia Joint Parliamentary Committee

EP Plenary session - 2021 Report on North Macedonia

Ilhan KYUCHYUK meets with Bujar OSMANI, Minister of Foreign Affairs of North Macedonia

AFET Committee - Exchange of views with Bujar OSMANI, Minister of Foreign Affairs of North Macedonia

Roberta METSOLA, EP President meets with Dimitar KOVACHEVSKI, Prime Minister of North Macedonia

EP Plenary session - Instrument for pre-accession assistance

2nd Western Balkans speakers' Summit 28 June - Group photo

2nd Western Balkans speakers' Summit 28 June

2nd Western Balkans speakers' Summit - AFET Committee in association with the EP Standing delegations for the Western Balkans, with the Speakers of the Western Balkans parliaments

David SASSOLI, EP President meets with Zoran ZAEV, Prime Minister of North Macedonia.

David SASSOLI, EP President welcomes Zoran ZAEV, North Macedonian Prime Minister

David SASSOLI, EP President meets with Stevo PENDAROVSKI, President of North Macedonia

David SASSOLI, EP President meets withStevo PENDAROVSKI, President of North Macedonia

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

Signing ceremony on E-evidence Directive and E-evidence Regulation, Waste batteries regulation and on the decision providing macro-financial assistance to the Republic of North Macedonia by Roberta METSOLA, President of the European Parliament, and Pascual Navarro Rios, State Secretary for the European Union, on behalf of the Spanish Presidency of the Council.

Signature of COD texts in presence of Roberta METSOLA, EP President and Pascual NAVARRO RÍOS, Spanish Secretary of State for the European Union on behalf of the Spanish Presidency of the Council

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.

EU-Western Balkans relations in light of the new enlargement package: MEPs debate (part 2)

Closing statements of the 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: closing statement by Oliver VARHELYI, European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement

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

&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

In two resolutions, MEPs are set to warn that the enlargement process could potentially have historically important implications for security in Europe. The draft reports, to be put to a vote on Thursday, assess the progress made by North Macedonia towards EU membership. They urge the Council to officially start accession negotiations with both countries, pointing to the geostrategic context of relations with Russia and its aggression against Ukraine. Closing statements by Ilhan KYUCHYUK (Renew, BG), rapporteur and Didier REYNDERS, European Commissioner for Justice.

2021 Report on North Macedonia: closing statements by Ilhan KYUCHYUK (Renew, BG), rapporteur and Didier REYNDERS, European Commissioner for Justice

In two resolutions, MEPs are set to warn that the enlargement process could potentially have historically important implications for security in Europe. The draft reports, to be put to a vote on Thursday, assess the progress made by North Macedonia towards EU membership. They urge the Council to officially start accession negotiations with both countries, pointing to the geostrategic context of relations with Russia and its aggression against Ukraine.

2021 Report on North Macedonia: MEPs debate

In two resolutions, MEPs are set to warn that the enlargement process could potentially have historically important implications for security in Europe. The draft reports, to be put to a vote on Thursday, assess the progress made by North Macedonia towards EU membership. They urge the Council to officially start accession negotiations with both countries, pointing to the geostrategic context of relations with Russia and its aggression against Ukraine. Opening statements by Ilhan KYUCHYUK (Renew,BG), rapporteur and Didier REYNDERS, European Commissioner for Justice.

2021 Report on North Macedonia: opening statements by Ilhan KYUCHYUK (Renew, BG), rapporteur and Didier REYNDERS, European Commissioner for Justice

Roberta METSOLA, EP President meets with Dimitar KOVACHEVSKI, Prime Minister of North Macedonia in the European Parliament in Brussels.

Members of the Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET) hold an exchange of views with the Speakers of the Parliaments from the Western Balkans on the key role of Parliaments in the EU enlargement proces, in Brussels. Extracts from the meeting with the EP delegations for the Western Balkan and with the Speakers of the Western Balkans’ parliaments.

2nd European Parliament - Western Balkans Speakers Summit: extracts from the meeting with the EP delegations for the Western Balkan and with the Speakers of the Western Balkans’ parliaments

David SASSOLI, EP President, invites speakers from the parliaments of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia to meet for the Summit of EP - Western Balkans’ Speakers of Parliament. They debate the role that parliaments should play in EU post-COVID-19 enlargement.

2nd EP - Western Balkans Speakers' summit chaired by David SASSOLI, EP President; arrivals, roundtable, signing of joint declaration of Western Balkans Speakers Summit 2021 and family photo

David SASSOLI, EP President meets with Zoran ZAEV, Prime Minister of North Macedonia, in the European Parliament in Brussels: arrival, welcome and roundtable.

David SASSOLI, EP President meets with Zoran ZAEV, Prime Minister of North Macedonia: arrival, welcome and roundtable

David SASSOLI, EP President meets with Stevo PENDAROVSKI, President of North Macedonia in the European Parliament in Brussels. Arrival, photo opportunity and roundtable

David SASSOLI, EP President meets with Stevo PENDAROVSKI, President of North Macedonia: arrival, photo opportunity and roundtable

During the plenary session (24-25 March 2021) in the European Parliament in Brussels, MEPs debate on 2019-2020 progress reports on Albania, Kosovo, North Macedonia and Serbia.

Joint debate - 2019-2020 Progress reports on Albania, Kosovo, North Macedonia and Serbia: MEPs debate

During the plenary session (24-25 March 2021) in the European Parliament in Brussels, MEPs debate on 2019-2020 progress reports on Albania, Kosovo, North Macedonia and Serbia. Closing statements by Olivér VÁRHELYI, European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement and by Ana Paula ZACARIAS, Portuguese Secretary of State for European Affairs.

Joint debate - 2019-2020 Progress reports on Albania, Kosovo, North Macedonia and Serbia: closing statements by Olivér VÁRHELYI, European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement and by Ana Paula ZACARIAS, Portuguese Secretary of State

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