Accession of Montenegro to the European Union

Accession of Montenegro to the European Union is on the agenda for future enlargement of the EU.

Accession of Montenegro to the European Union
StatusCandidate negotiating (screening complete)
Earliest possible entry2028
Application
European perspectiveDecember 2002
Potential candidateDecember 2002
Membership application15 December 2008
Candidate status17 December 2010
Screening29 June 2012
Screened & negotiations commence27 June 2013
Clusters open6
Chapters open33
Clusters closed0
Chapters closed3
Memberships & Treaties
Association Agreement
1 May 2010
Economic and monetary policy
EU Free Trade Agreementpart of the SAA
World Trade Organization (WTO)Member since 29 April 2012
Euro & the EurozoneEuro has de facto been used since 1 January 2002
Travel
Schengen visa liberalisation19 December 2009
Energy
Energy Community15 December 2006
EuratomThere are no nuclear power plants or research reactors in Montenegro.
ENTSO-ECrnogorski 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)
Population446,828,803449,004,567
0.5%
Area4,233,262 km2
1,634,472 mi2		4,237,074 km2
1,639,805 mi2
0.3%
HDI0.8960.893
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%
Gini30.030.1
0.1%
Official Languages2425
Montenegrin +1
Politics of Montenegro
Constitution
Executive
Legislative
Judiciary
  • Supreme Court
  • Constitutional Court
Political parties
Recent elections
Administrative divisions
  • Municipalities
Foreign relations
  • Ministry of Foreign Affairs
    Minister: Ranko Krivokapić
  • Diplomatic missions of / in Montenegro
  • Nationality law
  • Passport
  • Visa requirements
  • Visa policy
  • Other countries

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, 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.

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