Where the law stands, Dossier 2025/2256(INI)
2025 Commission report on Türkiye
Own-initiative report (INI): Parliament’s own position on a topic. It is not binding. · First reading
Parliament sets out its own position on a topic. The resolution is not binding but signals what Parliament wants.
Where it stands
Parliament’s position
Parliament adopted the text on 17 June 2026. This is its final position on the matter.
- Referred to committee(done) 18 December 2025
- Committee work(done) Report adopted 15 April 2026
- Tabled for plenary(done) 21 April 2026
- Plenary vote(done) Adopted 17 June 2026
- Parliament’s position(done) Final
Decided in plenary
17 June 2026 · decision 11
Foreign affairs, Resolution
2025 Commission report on Türkiye
Adopted 381 for · 107 against · 171 abstained by a clear majority
AI summary:The text notes that accession negotiations have been at a standstill since 2018 and that the gap between Türkiye and EU values remains unaddressed.
What changed
Latest Tabled for plenary → Adopted by Parliament
AI summary:Updates figures on arrested mayors and trustees, reflecting new numbers and dates. Adds new events: CHP leadership removal, police storming, and Bilgi University closure. Strengthens language on media freedom, academic freedom, and foreign interference. Adds details on Greek maritime rights and Cyprus meetings. Other changes are formal or wording: renumbering, punctuation, decimal separators, and typo fixes.
Committee draft → Tabled for plenary
AI summary:The report adds extensive new recitals and paragraphs detailing human rights abuses, judicial independence issues, and democratic backsliding in Türkiye. It expands sections on economic, migration, and foreign policy cooperation, including Cyprus, Russia sanctions, and regional security. It strengthens conditionality for resuming accession talks and calls for concrete measures from Turkish authorities. The only formal change updates the forwarding instructions for the resolution.
Who works on it
- Lead committee
- Foreign Affairs
- The MEP who drafts the report and negotiates it on behalf of the committee.
- Nacho Sánchez Amor (S&D)
- An MEP who follows a report on behalf of their own group when another group holds the rapporteur.
- Isabel Wiseler-Lima (EPP), Nikola Bartůšek (Patriots), Geadis Geadi (ECR), Malik Azmani (Renew), Vladimir Prebilič (Greens), Giorgos Georgiou (The Left), Tomasz Froelich (ESN)
The text, version by version
Newest first.
Adopted by Parliament· 17 Jun 2026
AI summary:Parliament's resolution on the 2025 Commission report on Türkiye says the EU accession process cannot resume without tangible progress on rule of law, democracy and human rights.
Tabled for plenary· 21 Apr 2026
AI summary:This resolution on the 2025 Commission report on Türkiye says the EU accession process cannot resume without real progress on democracy, rule of law and human rights, and urges Türkiye to implement reforms.
Committee draft· 6 Feb 2026
AI summary:This draft report assesses Türkiye's EU accession progress and broader EU-Türkiye relations, noting serious backsliding in rule of law and human rights.
Timeline
Newest first.
Plenary stage 4 steps
17 June 2026
Plenary vote
Sitting of 17 Jun 2026 Report A10-0106/2026Adopted text TA10-0215/2026
16 June 2026
Debated in plenary
MEPs debated the text in the chamber ahead of the vote.
9 June – 10 June 2026
55 amendments tabled for the plenary vote
Groups propose changes to the tabled text; each is voted on before the final vote.
Amendments 1–6Amendments 7–16Amendments 17–18Amendments 19–28Amendments 29–32Amendments 33–38Amendments 39–40Amendments 41–50Amendments 51–55
21 April 2026
Report tabled for plenary
This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.
Committee stage 4 steps
15 April 2026
Committee vote: report adopted
AFET (Foreign Affairs) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
12 March 2026
Amendments tabled in committee (2 batches)
Members of AFET (Foreign Affairs) proposed changes to the draft.
Amendments in committee (AFET)Amendments in committee (AFET)
6 February 2026
Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text in AFET (Foreign Affairs). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.
18 December 2025
Referred to the AFET (Foreign Affairs) committee
The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.
Official record: Legislative Observatory, 2025/2256(INI)