The EU has developed a policy to support the gradual integration of the Western Balkan countries with the Union. The EU aims to promote peace, stability and economic development in the region&nbsp;and open up the prospect of EU integration.

In order to apply for EU membership a country has to be European and respect the EU’s democratic values. It also needs stable institutions guaranteeing democracy and the rule of law; a functioning market economy; and the ability to take on and carry out the obligations of EU membership.

Parliament is fully involved in the Stabilisation and Association Process &nbsp;and must also consent to any new accession to the EU. In addition, through its budgetary powers, it has direct influence over the amounts allocated to the Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance. Parliament’s Committee on Foreign Affairs appoints standing rapporteurs for all candidate and potential candidate countries. Parliament expresses its positions on enlargement in the form of annual resolutions responding to the Commission’s latest annual country reports.

On 1&nbsp;July&nbsp;2013, Croatia became the first of the seven countries to join, and Montenegro, Serbia, the Republic of North Macedonia and Albania are official candidates. Accession negotiations and chapters have been opened with Montenegro and Serbia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo are potential candidate countries.

EU Enlargement - Western Balkans

Montenegro is one of the Western Balkan countries.

In 2008, Montenegro applied for EU membership, and accession negotiations began in 2012. Montenegro has opened all 33 negotiation chapters, three of which have been provisionally closed. Public opinion surveys show that 75 % of the population support the country’s accession to the European Union.

EU - Montenegro

Montenegro is one of the Western Balkan countries.

In 2006 Montenegro's parliament declared independence from the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro. In 2008, the new country applied for EU membership. In December 2011, the Council launched the accession process with a view to opening negotiations in June 2012.

EU - Montenegro (2019 - 2020)

Delegation to the EU-Montenegro Stabilisation and Association Parliamentary Committee Constitutive meeting

AFET - Exchange of views with Milojko Spajić, Prime Minister of Montenegro

21st EU-Montenegro SAPC meeting

EP Plenary session - 2022 Report on Montenegro

Torch Handover with Slovak runners

AFET - Exchange of views with H.E. Jakov Milatovic, President of Montenegro

EP Plenary session - 2021 Report on Montenegro

AFET - Delegation to the EU-Montenegro Stabilisation and Association Parliamentary Committee - Exchange of views on the formation of the new minority government in Montenegro and the way ahead

Roberta METSOLA, EP President receives Milo DJUKANOVIC, President of Montenegro

20th EU - Montenegro Stabilisation and Association Parliamentary Committee (SAPC) meeting

David Sassoli - EP President - meets Zdravko KRIVOKAPIC - Montenegro Prime Minister

David SASSOLI, EP President meets with Zdravko KRIVOKAPIC, Montenegrin Prime Minister and Dorde RADULOVIC, Montenegrin Minister of Foreign Affairs

EP Plenary session - 2019-2020 Reports on Montenegro

David SASSOLI, EP President meets with Duško MARKOVIC, Prime Minister of Montenegro

Constituent meeting of the Delegation to the EU-Montenegro Stabilisation and Association Parliamentary Committee

17th EU-Montenegro Stabilisation and Association Parliamentary Committee (SAPC)

Antonio TAJANI, EP President meets with Ivan BRAJOVIC, Speaker of the Parliament of Montenegro

Montenegro Stabilisation and Association Parliamentary Committee (SAPC). First working session of the 13th EP-Montenegro SAPC Meeting

EP President Roberta METSOLA meets with Montenegrin Prime Minister Milojko SPAJIĆ. This news items shows their arrival and meeting, signature of the Golden Book and the roundtable discussion.

Roberta METSOLA, EP President meets with Milojko SPAJIĆ, Montenegrin Prime Minister: arrival, meeting and roundtable

EP President, Roberta METSOLA, participates to the EU-Western Balkans Summit. Before her address to the Council, she speaks to the press. One year after the 2022 summit in Tirana, EU and Western Balkans leaders met in Brussels for their fourth annual summit. The summit is an opportunity to reaffirm the EU membership perspective of the Western Balkans and also the need for partners’ sustained and irreversible reform achievements, underpinned by EU values and principles.

EU-Western Balkans Summit: Doorstep by Roberta METSOLA, EP President

MEPs debate on the official start of accession negotiations with North Macedonia and Albania last July and to call on the EU to grant visa liberalisation to Kosovo. They are also likely to urge Serbia to align with the EU’s restrictive measures and policy towards Russia. first part of the debate.

EU-Western Balkans relations in light of the new enlargement package: MEPs debate (part 1)

MEPs debate on the official start of accession negotiations with North Macedonia and Albania last July and to call on the EU to grant visa liberalisation to Kosovo. They are also likely to urge Serbia to align with the EU’s restrictive measures and policy towards Russia. opening statements by Oliver VARHELYI, European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement.

EU-Western Balkans relations in light of the new enlargement package: opening statement by Oliver VARHELYI, European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement

&lt;p>EU and Western Balkan leaders meet in Brussels ahead of the June European Council meeting. Leaders discuss progress on EU integration and the challenges stemming from Russia’s aggression against Ukraine.&lt;/p>

EU-Western Balkans leaders' meeting: arrival and doorstep by Roberta METSOLA, EP President

Milo DJUKANOVIC, President of Montenegro since 2018, is in Brussels. He meets with Roberta METSOLA, EP President at the European Parliament in Brussels.

Roberta METSOLA, EP President meets Milo DJUKANOVIC, President of Montenegro: Arrival, welcome and roundtable

David SASSOLI, EP President meets with Zdravko KRIVOKAPIĆ, Montenegrin Prime Minister and Đorđe RADULOVIĆ, Montenegrin Minister for Foreign Affairs in the European Parliament in Brussels: arrivals and welcome; roundtable. Ahead the EU-Montenegro Intergovernmental Accession Conference (22/06)

David SASSOLI, EP President meets with Zdravko KRIVOKAPIĆ, Montenegrin Prime Minister and Đorđe RADULOVIĆ, Montenegrin Minister for Foreign Affairs: arrivals and welcome; roundtable

During the plenary session of the European Parliament in Brussels (17-20 May 2021), MEPs debate on the 2019-2020 Reports on Montenegro.

2019-2020 Reports on Montenegro: MEPs debate

During the plenary session of the European Parliament in Brussels (17-20 May 2021), MEPs debate on the 2019-2020 Reports on Montenegro: closing statements by Augusto SANTOS SILVA, Portuguese Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, and by Olivér VÁRHELYI, European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement.

2019-2020 Reports on Montenegro: closing statements by Olivér VÁRHELYI, European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement and by Augusto SANTOS SILVA, Portuguese Minister of State for Foreign Affairs

During the plenary session of the European Parliament in Brussels (17-20 May 2021), MEPs debate on the 2019-2020 Reports on Montenegro: opening statements by Tonino PICULA (S&D, HR), rapporteur, Augusto SANTOS SILVA, Portuguese Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, and by Olivér VÁRHELYI, European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement.

2019-2020 Reports on Montenegro: opening statements by Tonino PICULA (S&D, HR), rapporteur, Augusto SANTOS SILVA, Portuguese Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, and by Olivér VÁRHELYI, European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement

In Brussels, David Sassoli, EP President, hold a meeting with Duško Marković, Montenegro’s Prime Minister.

David SASSOLI, EP President meets with Duško MARKOVIĆ, Prime Minister of Montenegro: arrival and roundtable

Speakers of the parliaments of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia as well as the president of Croatia’s Parliament gather to discuss the Western Balkans’ European perspectives, in the European Parliament in Brussels. The summit is organised under the patronage of David SASSOLI, Ep President, in cooperation with the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Delegation for relations with the Western Balkans. Statement by David SASSOLI, EP President

Parliamentary Summit with the Western Balkans: arrivals, roundtable and statement by David SASSOLI, EP President

The EP Conference of President meets to discuss on the Parliamentary Summit with the Western Balkans. Speakers of the parliaments of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia as well as the president of Croatia’s Parliament gather to discuss the Western Balkans’ European perspectives, in the European Parliament in Brussels. The summit is organised under the patronage of David SASSOLI, Ep President, in cooperation with the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Delegation for relations with the Western Balkans.

Extraordinary Conference of Presidents on the Parliamentary Summit with the Western Balkans: arrivals and roundtable

Members of the European Parliament debated with the EU Commissioner for enlargement Johannes Hahn on the progress made by the five Western Balkan towards the EU accession. The debate was followed by the vote where Rapports for all five countries were adopted. Statements by David McALLISTER (EPP, DE), Rapporteur on Serbia, Igor ŠOLTES (Greens/EFA, SI), Rapporteur on Kosovo, Ivo VAJGL (ALDE, SI), Rapporteur on Republic of Macedonia , Knut FLECKENSTEIN (S&D, DE), Rapporteur on Albania, Charles TANNOCK (ECR, UK), Rapporteur on Montenegro, and Johannes HAHN, Member of the EC in charge of European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations.

European integration process of the Western Balkans: extracts from the debates on the 2018 rapports on Serbia, Kosovo, FYROM, Montenegro (28/11) and from the votes

Visit of Ivan BRAJOVIC, Speaker of the Parliament of Montenegro, to the European Parliament in Strasbourg. Arrival, welcome by Antonio TAJANI, EP President, and roundtable.

Antonio TAJANI, EP President meets with Ivan BRAJOVIC, Speaker of the Parliament of Montenegro: arrival and roundtable

Opening remarks by Antonio TAJANI, EP President, to the formal sitting in honnor of Milo ĐUKANOVIC, President of Montenegro by Antonio TAJANI, EP President.  The following transcription is the result of an automatic process. Check Against delivery.

Formal Sitting with Milo ĐUKANOVIC, President of Montenegro: Introductory speech by Antonio TAJANI, EP President

Antonio TAJANI, EP President and Milo DUKANOVIC, President of Montenegro speak to the press, following the formal sitting in the European Parliament in Strasbourg.

Joint press point by Antonio TAJANI, EP President and Milo ĐUKANOVIC, President of Montenegro

Visit of Milo DUKANOVIC, President of Montenegro to European Parliament in Strasbourg. Arrival, welcome by Antonio TAJANI, EP President and roundtable before he addresses the plenary in a formal sitting.

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