On December 16th, Montenegro provisionally closed three negotiation chapters at the Intergovernmental Conference, the first time in over seven years. Furthermore, in its conclusions, the European Union member states called for the initiation of accession negotiations with Montenegro, a phase of the process that no other country in the region has yet reached.
The current Government of Montenegro has placed European integration high on its list of priorities, with the goal of completing all necessary reforms by 2026, enabling the country to join the European Union by 2028. We discussed Montenegro’s path to the European Union, the key reforms that need to be implemented, and the challenges along the way with Montenegro’s Prime Minister, Milojko Spajić.
