WHAT THEY NEED TO DO BETTER

Ukraine

• Fighting corruption
• Law on staffing for the National Anti-Corruption Bureau
• Law regulating lobbying in line with European standards, as part of an anti-oligarch action plan
• Law addressing recommendations from the Venice Commission (an advisory body of the Council of Europe) in areas such as the language used by the state, media and education.

Moldova

• Stepping up the fight against anti-corruption
• “de-oligarchization”
• More steps toward a comprehensive justice reform.

Georgia

• Fight against disinformation
• Foreign (namely Russian) interference
• Political polarization
• Ensure free and fair elections in parliamentary vote
• Rein in the security services
• Carry out substantial judicial reforms
• Empower anti-corruption agencies
• Strengthen human rights protections
• Improve on “de-oligarchization” plans

Albania

• Refrain from measures that are not in line with EU standards
• Further efforts needed on freedom of expression, minority issues, and property rights
• Further efforts in key areas of the rule of law, such as the fight against corruption and organized crime.

Bosnia and Herzegovina

• Restrictions on freedom of expression and media freedom
• Lack of steps to develop socio-economic reforms
• Poor functioning of the judicial system
• Fight against corruption.

Kosovo

• Improve its relations with Serbia
• Work on public administration reform
• Fight against corruption
• Improvement of the judicial system
• Improving its administrative capacity. 

Montenegro

• Justice reform
• Step up its game in the fight against corruption and organized crime.

North Macedonia

• Work in fighting corruption and organized crime
• Public administration reform. 

Serbia

• Relations with Kosovo and foreign policy
• Refusal to impose sanctions against Russia
• Cozy relationship with China
• Improve its alignment with EU common foreign and security policy
• Demonstrate more serious commitment in normalizing relations with Kosovo
• Cooperate in the investigation of the attack by a Serbian militia last October which heightened tensions in the region.