Montenegro has set itself a deadline of end-2026 to close all remaining negotiating chapters with the European Union, amid warm words from Brussels about the prospects of accession.
Of the 12 chapters so far closed since 2012, nine were finished in the past two years under the government of Prime Minister Milojko Spajic. There are 33 in total; closing them all will require concrete results on corruption and the rule of law, and a prolonged period of political and economic stability.
Spajic says he hopes that in 2028 Montenegro will become the third ex-Yugoslav republic to join the bloc, following Slovenia and Croatia.
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