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Normalisation of Kosovo-Serbia relations a precondition for their EU accession  Membership negotiations with North Macedonia should start as soon as possible  Albania, Kosovo, North Macedonia and Serbia need to continue focusing on fundamental reforms, say MEPs in resolutions adopted on Thursday. In their reports assessing the progress made by Albania, Kosovo, North Macedonia and Serbia in the last two years, MEPs warn that advancement by these countries towards joining the EU depends on lasting, in-depth and irreversible reforms across fundamental areas such as the rule of law and the effe...

Time: Thursday, 15 April, 13.00-13.30 CET. Venue: Brussels, Altiero Spinelli (1G-3) and remote participation. At the extraordinary meeting, MEPs on the foreign affairs and trade committees will decide whether to recommend that Parliament give its consent to the agreement currently in provisional application until 30 April. The full House is to take the final decision, as well as adopt a separate resolution, at a future plenary session. The Parliament’s Conference of Presidents has decided not to set a plenary date yet, in order to emphasise the need for the UK side to fully implement the Wi...

The Bahraini authorities must commute the death sentences against Mohammed Ramadan and Husain Ali Moosa  The Cambodian government must end its repression of the political opposition and human rights defenders  On Thursday, Parliament adopted three resolutions taking stock of the human rights situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Bahrain and Cambodia. The situation in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and the assassination of the Italian ambassador Luca Attanasio and two of his staff The European Parliament condemns in the strongest terms the killing of Italian Ambassad...

The Rwandan authorities must explain the enforced disappearance of Paul Rusesabagina  The authorities in Kazakhstan must comply with international standards for elections  On Thursday, the European Parliament adopted three resolutions taking stock of the human rights situation in Uganda, Rwanda and Kazakhstan. The political situation in Uganda Parliament deplores that the 14 January general elections in Uganda were neither democratic nor transparent. MEPs also condemn the excessive use of force by the police and armed forces during the election and their growing interference in political af...

Humanitarian aid for Yemen must be increased, MEPs say, and urge the military in Myanmar to immediately reinstate the civilian government.