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, Presidente da República da Moldávia

Declaração da Presidência

Aprovação da ata da sessão anterior

Composição do Parlamento

Verificação de poderes

Pedido de defesa da imunidade : Ver Acta

Composição das comissões e das delegações

Negociações antes da primeira leitura do Parlamento (artigo 71.º do Regimento)

Assinatura dos atos aprovados em conformidade com o processo legislativo ordinário (artigo 79.º do Regimento): Ver Acta

Ordem dos trabalhos

Votação dos pedidos de aplicação do processo de urgência (artigo 163.º do Regimento)

Acordo de Associação entre a UE e a República da Moldávia (debate)

O assassínio da jornalista palestiniana Shireen Abu Akleh e os violentos incidentes no seu funeral (debate)

Relatório de 2021 sobre a Macedónia do Norte (debate)

Relatório de 2021 sobre a Albânia (debate)

Ação penal contra a oposição e detenção de dirigentes sindicais na Bielorrússia (debate)

Nível mínimo de tributação para os grupos multinacionais

Intervenções de um minuto sobre questões políticas importantes

Ordem do dia da próxima sessão

Encerramento da sessão

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”

Abertura da sessão

Comunicação dos resultados da votação: Ver Acta

Retirada turca da Convenção de Istambul (debate)

Composição das comissões e delegações : Ver Acta

Uma estratégia europeia para os dados - Relatório de avaliação da Comissão sobre a execução do Regulamento Geral sobre a Proteção de Dados dois anos após a sua aplicação (debate)

Primeiro período de votação (continuação)

Uma estratégia europeia para os dados - Relatório de avaliação da Comissão sobre a execução do Regulamento Geral sobre a Proteção de Dados dois anos após a sua aplicação (continuação do debate)

Relatórios de 2019-2020 sobre a Albânia - Relatórios de 2019-2020 sobre o Kosovo - Relatórios de 2019-2020 sobre a Macedónia do Norte - Relatórios de 2019-2020 sobre a Sérvia (debate)

Reinício da sessão

Assassinato de Daphne Caruana Galizia e o primado do Direito em Malta (debate)

Atos delegados (artigo 111.º, n.º 6, do Regimento) (seguimento dado): Ver Acta

Controlo das exportações, transferências, corretagem, assistência técnica e trânsito de produtos de dupla utilização (debate)

Segundo período de votação

Controlo das exportações, transferências, corretagem, assistência técnica e trânsito de produtos de dupla utilização (continuação do debate)

Comunicação dos resultados da votação

Aprovação das atas do presente período de sessões e transmissão dos textos aprovados: Ver Acta

Calendário das próximas sessões  : Ver Acta

Comunicação dos resultados da votação: ver Ata

Negociações antes da primeira leitura do Parlamento (artigo 71.º do Regimento) (seguimentos dados): Ver Acta

Preparação do Conselho Europeu de 10 e 11 de dezembro de 2020 (debate)

Convenção de Istambul e violência contra as mulheres

Interferência da Hungria nos meios de comunicação social na Eslovénia e na Macedónia do Norte

Nova Estratégia para a Igualdade das Pessoas LGBTIQ (debate)

Nova Estratégia para a Igualdade das Pessoas LGBTIQ (continuação do debate)

Ordem do dia da próxima sessão: Ver Acta

Plenary Session

17th meeting  EU-North Macedonia joint parliamentary committee

17th meeting EU-North Macedonia joint parliamentary committee

Operação militar turca no nordeste da Síria e suas consequências (debate)

Eleição do Provedor de Justiça Europeu - candidaturas recebidas

Boas-vindas

Período de votação

Declarações de voto

Correcções e intenções de voto: Ver Acta

Aprovação da acta da sessão anterior: Ver Acta

Crise climática e ecológica (debate de atualidade) (debate)

Apresentação do relatório anual do Tribunal de Contas - 2018 (debate)

Busca e salvamento no Mediterrâneo (debate)

Abertura de negociações de adesão com a Macedónia do Norte e a Albânia (debate)

Abertura de negociações de adesão com a Macedónia do Norte e a Albânia (continuação do debate)

A situação no Iraque, em especial a repressão violenta das manifestações de jovens e estudantes (debate)

Declaração política da reunião de alto nível da ONU sobre a Cobertura Universal da Saúde (debate)

Plenary

Composição do Parlamento: Ver Acta

Verificação de poderes 

Pedido de levantamento da imunidade parlamentar

Composição das comissões e delegações 

Negociações antes da primeira leitura do Parlamento (artigo 69.º-C do Regimento): Ver Acta

natura dos atos aprovados em conformidade com o processo legislativo ordinário (artigo 78.º do Regimento) 

Debate com o Primeiro-Ministro da Dinamarca, Lars Løkke Rasmussen, sobre o Futuro da Europa

Estratégia a longo prazo relativa à redução das emissões de gases com efeito de estufa da UE em conformidade com o Acordo de Paris (debate)

Pacote relativo ao Mercado Único (debate)

OMC: rumo a seguir (debate)

Relatório de 2018 sobre a Sérvia

Relatório de 2018 sobre o Kosovo

Relatório de 2018 sobre a antiga República jugoslava da Macedónia (debate)

Relatório de 2018 sobre a Albânia (debate)

Relatório de 2018 da Comissão sobre o Montenegro (debate)

Defesa da liberdade académica na ação externa da UE

Discurso de Zoran Zaev, Primeiro-Ministro da Antiga República Jugoslava da Macedónia

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

Relatório de 2016 sobre a antiga República jugoslava da Macedónia

2016 Report on the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

Relatório de 2015 relativo à antiga República jugoslava da Macedónia

2015 Report on the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

Situação na Antiga República Jugoslava da Macedónia

Situation in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

Relatório intercalar de 2014 referente à antiga República Jugoslava da Macedónia (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

Isabel SANTOS (S&D, PT), EP Standing Rapporteur for Albania, and Ilhan KYUCHYUK (Renew Europe, BG), EP Standing Rapporteur for North Macedonia, give a press conference after they presented their reports in a debate during the plenary session. This transcription speech is the result of an automatic process. Check against delivery.

Press conference by Isabel SANTOS (S&D, PT), EP Standing Rapporteur for Albania, and Ilhan KYUCHYUK (Renew Europe, BG), EP Standing Rapporteur for North Macedonia

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. Opening statements by Isabel SANTOS (S&D, PT), Albania rapporteur; Viola VON CRAMON-TAUBADEL (Greens/EFA, DE), Kosovo rapporteur; Ilhan KYUCHYUK (Renew, BG), North Macedonia rapporteur and Vladimír BILČÍK (EPP, SK), Serbia rapporteur. After that, statements also by Olivér VÁRHELYI, European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement and by Ana Paula ZACARIAS, Portuguese Secretary of State for European Affairs. (This transcription speech is the result of an automatic process. Check against delivery).

Joint debate on 2019-2020 progress reports on Albania, Kosovo, North Macedonia and Serbia: opening statements by Isabel SANTOS (S&D, PT), Viola VON CRAMON-TAUBADEL (Greens/EFA, DE), Ilhan KYUCHYUK (Renew, BG) and Vladimír BILČÍK (EPP, SK)

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