What the European Parliament decided, in plain words

Paragraph 71 — part 1

2025 Commission report on North Macedonia

A10-0162/2026 – Thomas Waitz – § 71/1

Adopted

For: 545
Against: 90
Abstained: 13

roll-call vote at 14:25 · 84% of votes cast in favour

Roll call requested by ESN · split vote by ESN, ECR

The part voted on: ‘Acknowledges the existence of differing interpretations concerning the historical characteristics of Macedonian society; underscores that its report does not aim to prejudge or constrain scholarly discourse on these matters nor do such interpretations bear influence on its assessment of North Macedonia’s progress towards EU accession, which remains anchored in the Copenhagen criteria and the principles of good neighbourly relations;’

How the groups voted

A group’s line is the position at least two thirds of its voting MEPs took; otherwise it is shown as Divided. Groups from left to right.

Group	For	Against	Abstained	of	Line
The Left	42	0	0	42	For
Greens	46	0	0	46	For
S&D	114	1	6	121	For
Renew	66	0	0	66	For
EPP	158	9	1	168	For
ECR	31	43	1	75	Divided
Patriots	71	7	0	78	For
ESN	5	19	1	25	Against
No group	12	11	4	27	—

“of” = MEPs of the group who voted. Groups as they are now.

Every MEP

121 MEPs of 648 Clear filters

Adnan Dibrani Sweden · S&D

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Alessandra Moretti Italy · S&D

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Alex Agius Saliba Malta · S&D

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Alicia Homs Ginel Spain · S&D

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Ana Catarina Mendes Portugal · S&D

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Andi Cristea Romania · S&D

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André Franqueira Rodrigues Portugal · S&D

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Andreas Schieder Austria · S&D

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Annalisa Corrado Italy · S&D

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Aurore Lalucq France · S&D

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Bernd Lange Germany · S&D

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Biljana Borzan Croatia · S&D

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Birgit Sippel Germany · S&D

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Bruno Gonçalves Portugal · S&D

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Bruno Tobback Belgium · S&D

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Camilla Laureti Italy · S&D

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Cecilia Strada Italy · S&D

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César Luena Spain · S&D

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Chloé Ridel France · S&D

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Christel Schaldemose Denmark · S&D

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Christophe Clergeau France · S&D

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Claire Fita France · S&D

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Costas Mavrides Cyprus · S&D

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Cristina Maestre Spain · S&D

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Csaba Molnár Hungary · S&D

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Daniel Attard Malta · S&D

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Dario Nardella Italy · S&D

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Delara Burkhardt Germany · S&D

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Eero Heinäluoma Finland · S&D

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Elena Sancho Murillo Spain · S&D

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Elio Di Rupo Belgium · S&D

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Elisabeth Grossmann Austria · S&D

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Eric Sargiacomo France · S&D

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Estelle Ceulemans Belgium · S&D

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Evelyn Regner Austria · S&D

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Evin Incir Sweden · S&D

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Francisco Assis Portugal · S&D

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François Kalfon France · S&D

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Gabriela Firea Romania · S&D

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Gabriele Bischoff Germany · S&D

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Georgia Tramacere Italy · S&D

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Giorgio Gori Italy · S&D

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Giuseppe Lupo Italy · S&D

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Günther Sidl Austria · S&D

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Hana Jalloul Muro Spain · S&D

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Hannes Heide Austria · S&D

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Heléne Fritzon Sweden · S&D

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Idoia Mendia Spain · S&D

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Iratxe García Pérez Spain · S&D

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Irene Tinagli Italy · S&D

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Isilda Gomes Portugal · S&D

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Javier Moreno Sánchez Spain · S&D

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Jean-Marc Germain France · S&D

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Jens Geier Germany · S&D

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Joanna Scheuring-Wielgus Poland · S&D

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Johan Danielsson Sweden · S&D

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Jonás Fernández Spain · S&D

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José Cepeda Spain · S&D

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Juan Fernando López Aguilar Spain · S&D

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Katarina Barley Germany · S&D

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Kathleen van Brempt Belgium · S&D

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Kristian Vigenin Bulgaria · S&D

Abstained voted against their group’s line

Krzysztof Śmiszek Poland · S&D

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Lara Wolters Netherlands · S&D

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Laura Ballarín Cereza Spain · S&D

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Leire Pajín Spain · S&D

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Lucia Annunziata Italy · S&D

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Marc Angel Luxembourg · S&D

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Marco Tarquinio Italy · S&D

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Marcos Ros Sempere Spain · S&D

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Maria Grapini Romania · S&D

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Maria Guzenina Finland · S&D

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Maria Noichl Germany · S&D

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Marianne Vind Denmark · S&D

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Marina Kaljurand Estonia · S&D

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Marit Maij Netherlands · S&D

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Marko Vešligaj Croatia · S&D

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Marta Temido Portugal · S&D

Against voted against their group’s line

Matjaž Nemec Slovenia · S&D

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Matteo Ricci Italy · S&D

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Matthias Ecke Germany · S&D

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Mihai Tudose Romania · S&D

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Mohammed Chahim Netherlands · S&D

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Murielle Laurent France · S&D

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Nacho Sánchez Amor Spain · S&D

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Nicola Zingaretti Italy · S&D

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Niels Fuglsang Denmark · S&D

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Nikolas Farantouris Greece · S&D

Abstained voted against their group’s line

Nikos Papandreou Greece · S&D

Abstained voted against their group’s line

Nils Ušakovs Latvia · S&D

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Nora Mebarek France · S&D

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Pierfrancesco Maran Italy · S&D

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Pierre Jouvet France · S&D

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Raffaele Topo Italy · S&D

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Raphaël Glucksmann France · S&D

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René Repasi Germany · S&D

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Robert Biedroń Poland · S&D

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Romana Jerković Croatia · S&D

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Rosa Serrano Sierra Spain · S&D

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Sabrina Repp Germany · S&D

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Sakis Arnaoutoglou Greece · S&D

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Sandra Gómez López Spain · S&D

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Sandro Ruotolo Italy · S&D

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Sérgio Gonçalves Portugal · S&D

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Sofie Eriksson Sweden · S&D

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Ştefan Muşoiu Romania · S&D

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Stefano Bonaccini Italy · S&D

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Sven Mikser Estonia · S&D

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Thijs Reuten Netherlands · S&D

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Thomas Bajada Malta · S&D

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Thomas Pellerin-Carlin France · S&D

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Tobias Cremer Germany · S&D

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Tonino Picula Croatia · S&D

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Tsvetelina Penkova Bulgaria · S&D

Abstained voted against their group’s line

Udo Bullmann Germany · S&D

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Vasile Dîncu Romania · S&D

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Victor Negrescu Romania · S&D

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Vilija Blinkevičiūtė Lithuania · S&D

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Vivien Costanzo Germany · S&D

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Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis Lithuania · S&D

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Yannis Maniatis Greece · S&D

Abstained voted against their group’s line

“” = voted otherwise than a clear line (two thirds of its votes) of the group they sit in now. MEPs with no vote recorded are not listed.

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