The European Parliament adopted its 2025 progress report on Kosovo by 412 votes to 174 , with 58 abstentions. The resolution was carried by EPP, S&D, Renew, and Greens/EFA voting together, with most of ECR also in favour; PfE and ESN voted against, and The Left was divided. As a non-legislative own-initiative report, the resolution carries no direct legal force, but it constitutes Parliament's formal political position on Kosovo's accession trajectory and is intended to press the Commission and Member States to advance the process. It can shape the EU's enlargement agenda and send a political signal to Pristina and the region. The three amendment votes preceding the final tally tell the clearest story. PfE and ESN sought to replace the report's pro-accession framing with language declaring Kosovo unfit for membership and characterising EU integration as contrary to European citizens' interests (Am 3), and to substitute active support for Kosovo's EU bid with a sovereignty argument centred on non-recognition by five Member States (Am 4). Both were defeated by wide margins, with the political centre — EPP, S&D, Renew — voting solidly against. A third amendment (Am 2), adding a requirement for Kosovo to propose concrete timelines on east-west TEN-T connectivity, fell by a narrower margin of 53 votes, with EPP and ECR in favour but S&D, Renew, Greens/EFA, and The Left opposed. Within PfE, several delegations — including from Italy, Austria, Spain, the Netherlands, and Czechia — broke from their group's majority to vote for the final resolution rather than against it, reflecting internal differentiation on the question of Kosovo's European perspective.
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