Source: European Commission scoreboard, last updated 29.05.2026.
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Under the Reform Agenda, Serbia committed to implementing two Composite Steps within the area of Fundamentals: Democracy, with clearly defined deadlines - December 2024 for the first step and December 2025 for the second. These commitments and deadlines were not externally imposed; they were undertaken by the Serbian authorities as part of their own reform roadmap.
Neither deadline was met. None of the key reforms envisaged under these Composite Steps have been fully implemented. Some processes were formally launched but left incomplete or failed in the process; others did not move beyond declarative or procedural stages. More importantly, the principles explicitly identified in the Reform Agenda - ensuring public trust, proactively addressing systemic problems, maintaining transparent processes, and providing timely information - have not been upheld.
Instead of strengthening electoral integrity and institutional accountability, the reform trajectory has produced limited procedural activity without substantive results. In doing so, it has not only failed to deliver reform, but has further undermined public confidence in the credibility of the process itself.
CRTA+ Voter register audit: only 4 of 69 checks can be performed under current data access CRTA’s June 2026 assessment maps the full audit methodology against the data access actually granted to the Commission and finds that 95% of planned checks cannot be carried out. Full access, required by Article 22j of the UVR Law, […]
The UVR Commission is operational. It has adopted its rules of procedure, work plan, budget, and audit methodology, reaching consensus among its members, and has begun initial activities such as visits to local self-government units. By its own estimate, however, only the preparatory phase is complete; the substantive verification of the register has not yet […]
The Commission for the Revision, Verification and Control of the Accuracy and Updating of the Voter Register is intended to be a permanent and independent expert body, set up by the National Assembly under the amendments to the Law on the Unified Voter Register adopted in November 2025. It has 10 members and 10 deputy […]
CRTA assesses ODIHR’s recommendations in good faith and recognizes the importance of OSCE/ODIHR observation missions and support for democratic processes in Serbia. Nevertheless, CRTA reminds that risks for democracy and free and fair elections extend beyond ODIHR’s scope of observation (both time scope and topic-wise), and that new threats, risks and forms of attack on […]
On 21 April 2026, proposals to amend four laws entered parliamentary procedure – the Law on the election of members of parliament, the Law on local elections, the Law on the Constitutional Court, and the Law on the election of the president of the Republic. The Law on the prevention of corruption and the Law […]
The findings of the observation mission suggest that, while many technical aspects of the voting process were carried out in accordance with legal provisions, the broader conditions in which the elections took place raise serious concerns about the integrity of the process. Incidents recorded outside polling stations — including violence, intimidation, and the presence of […]
Of particular importance are the priority recommendations, of which there are 7 in total. It has been determined that 4 priority recommendations are unfulfilled. These are recommendations relating to the preconditions for ensuring electoral integrity, specifically: the voter register, through the need to review existing regulations and conduct an audit of the Unified Voter Register, […]
Following the resignation of four independent members on 19 December 2025, the REM Council was left with only four members – all considered close to the authorities. On 29 December, the Committee on Culture and Information decided to publish a new public call for candidates to fill the four vacant seats, representing nominators from journalists’ […]
On 1 October 2025, the OSCE published its opinion on the two remaining nomination groups in the second REM Council selection process – the groups representing associations of film, performing arts and dramatic artists and composers, and associations whose goals include the protection of children’s rights. The opinion clearly identified which organizations met the legal […]
