Accession of Montenegro to the European Union information
Accession of Montenegro to the European Union
Status
Candidate negotiating (screening complete)
Earliest possible entry
2028
Application
European perspective
December 2002
Potential candidate
December 2002
Membership application
15 December 2008
Candidate status
17 December 2010
Screening
29 June 2012
Screened & negotiations commence
27 June 2013
Negotiations
Clusters open
6
Chapters open
33
Clusters closed
0
Chapters closed
3
9.1% complete
Memberships & Treaties
Association Agreement
1 May 2010
Economic and monetary policy
EU Free Trade Agreement
part of the SAA
World Trade Organization (WTO)
Member since 29 April 2012
Euro & the Eurozone
Euro has de facto been used since 1 January 2002
Main article: Montenegro and the euro
Travel
Schengen visa liberalisation
19 December 2009
Energy
Energy Community
15 December 2006
Euratom
There are no nuclear power plants or research reactors in Montenegro.
ENTSO-E
Crnogorski Elektroprenosni Sistem is a member
Foreign and military policy
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
5 June 2017
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)
10 September 2000 (as the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia)
Human rights and international courts
Council of Europe (CoE)
Member since 11 May 2007
International Criminal Court (ICC)
Member since 3 June 2006
International Court of Justice (ICJ)
Entitled to appear since 28 June 2006; there are no cases
Impact(27+1)
Population
446,828,803
449,004,567 0.5%
Area
4,233,262 km2 1,634,472 mi2
4,237,074 km2 1,639,805 mi2 0.3%
HDI
0.896
0.893 0.1%
GDP (PPP)
$25.399 trillion
$25.416 trillion 0.07%
GDP per capita (PPP)
$56,928
$56,605 0.5%
GDP
$17.818 trillion
$17.825 trillion 0.03%
GDP per capita
$39,940
$39,699 0.6%
Gini
30.0
30.1 0.1%
Official Languages
24
25 Montenegrin +1
Politics of Montenegro
Constitution
Executive
President (list)
Jakov Milatović
Prime Minister
Milojko Spajić
Government
Legislative
Parliament
President: Andrija Mandić
Judiciary
Supreme Court
Constitutional Court
Political parties
Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS)
Democrats (DCG)
New Serb Democracy (NOVA)
Movement for Changes (PzP)
Social Democratic Party (SDP)
Democratic People's Party (DNP)
Socialist People's Party (SNP)
United Reform Action (URA)
Democratic Alliance (Demos)
United Montenegro (UCG)
Bosniak Party (BS)
Social Democrats (SD)
New Democratic Power (FORCA)
Croatian Civic Initiative (HGI)
Workers' Party (RP)
Liberal Party (LP)
Recent elections
Presidential: 2018
2023
Parliamentary: 2020
2023
Local: 2021
2022
Administrative divisions
Municipalities
Foreign relations
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Minister: Ranko Krivokapić
Diplomatic missions of / in Montenegro
Nationality law
Passport
Visa requirements
Visa policy
European Union
NATO
Croatia
Serbia
Other countries
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Accession of Montenegro to the European Union is on the agenda for future enlargement of the EU.
Shortly after voting for independence from the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro in a referendum in 2006, Montenegro began the process of accession to the European Union by agreeing to a Stabilisation and Association Agreement with the EU, which officially came into force on 1 May 2010.
Montenegro officially applied to join the EU on 15 December 2008, and membership negotiations began on 29 June 2012. With all the negotiating chapters opened, the country enjoys a widespread support among EU members' officials, and accession of the country to the EU was considered possible by 2025 as of March 2021,[1] though as of February 2024 30 out of 33 chapters still remain to be closed.
It is one of nine current EU candidate countries, together with Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Moldova, North Macedonia, Serbia, Turkey and Ukraine.
Chief negotiator Predrag Zenović named accession by 2028 as realistic.[2]
^"Montenegro Targets 2025 to be Ready for EU Accession". Balkan Insight. 26 March 2021. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
^"The EU-Montenegro Joint Consultative Committee: Montenegro is advancing in the EU accession path". European Economic and Social Committee. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
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