Today, the Commission published its sixth annual Rule of Law Report. The 2025 Rule of Law Report examines developments across all Member States, both positive and negative, in four key areas for the rule of law: the justice system, the anti-corruption framework, media pluralism and freedom, and other institutional issues related to checks and balances.

As it did in 2024, the Report does not only cover 27 Member States but also includes four country chapters dedicated to developments in Albania, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia. 

Since 2022, the Report includes concrete recommendations to all Member States. The analysis in the 2025 Report therefore also contains a qualitative assessment of the progress made by the Member States towards implementing the previous years’ recommendations.

The press release of the 2025 Rule of Law Report is available here and the Report as well as all material related to it are available on this website.