The EU has developed a policy to support the gradual integration of the Western Balkan countries with the Union. The EU aims to promote peace, stability and economic development in the region&nbsp;and open up the prospect of EU integration.

In order to apply for EU membership a country has to be European and respect the EU’s democratic values. It also needs stable institutions guaranteeing democracy and the rule of law; a functioning market economy; and the ability to take on and carry out the obligations of EU membership.

Parliament is fully involved in the Stabilisation and Association Process &nbsp;and must also consent to any new accession to the EU. In addition, through its budgetary powers, it has direct influence over the amounts allocated to the Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance. Parliament’s Committee on Foreign Affairs appoints standing rapporteurs for all candidate and potential candidate countries. Parliament expresses its positions on enlargement in the form of annual resolutions responding to the Commission’s latest annual country reports.

On 1&nbsp;July&nbsp;2013, Croatia became the first of the seven countries to join, and Montenegro, Serbia, the Republic of North Macedonia and Albania are official candidates. Accession negotiations and chapters have been opened with Montenegro and Serbia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo are potential candidate countries.

EU Enlargement - Western Balkans

6th EU-Bosnia and Herzegovina Stabilisation and Association Parliamentary Committee meeting

EP Plenary session - Recent devastating floods in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Delegation for relations with Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo, including the EU-Bosnia and Herzegovina Stabilisation and Association Parliamentary Committee and the EU-Kosovo Stabilisation and Association Parliamentary Committee Constitutive meeting

4th EU-Bosnia and Herzegovina Stabitisation and Association Parliamentary Committee (SAPC)

EP Plenary session - 2022 Report on Bosnia and Herzegovina

EP Plenary session - Commemorating Srebrenica 28 years anniversary

AFET - Exchange of views with Borjana Krišto, Chairwoman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Roberta METSOLA, EP President meets with Borjana KRIŠTO, Chairwoman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina

AFET Committee - Vote assessment of the progress made towards EU membership by Bosnia Herzegovina, Kosovo and Serbia

Roberta METSOLA, EP President meets with Sefik DZAFEROVIC , Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina

EP Plenary session - Situation in Bosnia Herzegovina

Zeljana ZOVKO meets with Dragan COVIC,Chairman of the House of Peoples of Bosnia and Herzegovina

EP Plenary Session - Situation in Bosnia-Herzegovina

EP Plenary session - 2019-2020 Reports on Bosnia and Herzegovina

David SASSOLI EP President meets with  Mr DZAFEROVIC,  Mr KOMSIC Members of the Presidency of Bosnia Herzegovina and Mr DODIK Member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Meeting of the Delegation for relations with Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo

Plenary session - Situation of migrants in Bosnia, in particular in Bihac

Lex signing ceremony by Martin SCHULZ, EP President and by Nicolas SCHMIT, Luxembourg Presidency&nbsp;during the EP plenary session in Strasbourg.

Lex signing ceremony by Martin SCHULZ, EP President and by Nicolas SCHMIT, Luxembourg Presidency

On July 16th, 2015, Martin SCHULZ, EP President, is in Sarajevo, for the second day of an official visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina. He meets with Denis ZVIDIC, Chair of the Council of Minister,&nbsp; with Igor CRNADAK, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and gives a press conference

Official visit by Martin SCHULZ, EP President, to Bosnia & Herzegovina: meetings with Denis ZVIDIC, Chair of the Council of Minister, with Igor CRNADAK, Minister of Foreign Affairs and  extracts from the press conference

On July 15th,&nbsp;2015, Martin SCHULZ, EP President, is in Sarajevo for&nbsp;an official visit to Bosnia and&nbsp;Herzegovina. He meets with BiH Presidency,&nbsp;with the Collegiums of BiH House Representatives and BiH House of Peoples. Meetings with Sefik DZAFEROVIC, HoR Speaker, Barisa COLAK, HoP Speaker, Ognjen TADIC, HoP first Deputy Speaker, Safet SOFTIC, second HoPDeputy Speaker and Mladen BOSIC, HoR second Deputy Speaker.
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Official visit by Martin SCHULZ, EP President, to Bosnia & Herzegovina: meetings with the Collegiums of BiH House Representatives and BiH House of Peoples, and with BiH Presidency

Debate&nbsp;on&nbsp;the 20th anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre during the EP plenary session in Strasbourg. Statements by Gunther OETTINGER, Member of the EC in charge of Digital Economy and Society, Cristian Dan PREDA (EPP, RO), Tanja FAJON (S&amp;D, SI), Ružza TOMASIC (ECR, HR), Ivan JAKOVCIC (ALDE, HR) and Igor SOLTES (Greens/EFA, SI)

Srebrenica commemoration: extracts from the debate

Srebrenica commemoration during EP plenary session of July in Strasbourg. Vote by show of hands

Srebrenica commemoration: extracts from the vote

Commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the Srebrenica Massacre during the plenary session of July in Strasbourg. Statement by Martin SCHULZ, EP President.

Srebrenica commemoration: statement by Martin SCHULZ, EP President

During the plenary session, Tanja FAJON (S&D, SI), rapporteur, speaks about the exemption from EU visa requirements for citizens of Bosnia-Herzegovina and Albania, in the European Parliament in Brussels.

EU visa-free regime for Albania and Bosnia-Herzegovina: extracts from the statements by Tanja FAJON (S&D, SI), rapporteur

During the plenary session, MEPs vote on the exemption from EU visa requirements for citizens of Bosnia-Herzegovina and Albania, in the European Parliament in Brussels.

EU visa-free regime for Albania and Bosnia-Herzegovina: extracts from the vote

Visit of Valentin INZKO, High Representative and EU Special Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, to the European Parliament in Strasbourg. Arrival, welcome by Jerzy BUZEK, EP President, and roundtable.

Jerzy BUZEK, EP President, meets with Valentin INZKO, High Representative and EU Special Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina: arrival and roundtable

During the plenary session of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, MEPs debate on the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina with Štefan FÜLE, Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy.

Situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina: extracts from the debate

In July 1995, the Bosnian town of Srebrenica fell into the hands of Serbian militias leading to "several days of carnage". In a resolution adopted by 556 votes to 9 with 22 abstentions, the European Parliament calls on the Council and Commission to commemorate appropriately the anniversary of the Srebrenica-Potočari act of genocide by supporting the European Parliament's recognition of 11 July as the day of commemoration throughout the EU.

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