Montenegro wants to join EU for security, PM says – POLITICO
“The key for us, why we want to join the EU, is obviously common values that we all believe in, and secondly, it’s the single market, it’s half a billion people versus half a million Montenegrins,” Spajić said. “And the third thing is it’s a peace project, maybe even the last peace project on Earth now these days, so this is the value of the European Union.” Across Europe, non-EU countries from Iceland to Moldova have increasingly expressed interest in joining the bloc for security and safety rather than simply trade and economic benefits following Russia’s 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine and Donald Trump’s threats to seize Greenland. Montenegro is by far the most advanced candidate country in accession negotiations, having closed 14 of 33 negotiating chapters, the criteria required to join the EU. ...
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Montenegro wants to join EU for security, PM says – POLITICO
“The key for us, why we want to join the EU, is obviously common values that we all believe in, and secondly, it’s the single market, it’s half a billion people versus half a million Montenegrins,” Spajić said. “And the third thing is it’s a peace project, maybe even the last peace project on Earth now these days, so this is the value of the European Union.” Across Europe, non-EU countries from Iceland to Moldova have increasingly expressed interest in joining the bloc for security and safety rather than simply trade and economic benefits following Russia’s 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine and Donald Trump’s threats to seize Greenland. Montenegro is by far the most advanced candidate country in accession negotiations, having closed 14 of 33 negotiating chapters, the criteria required to join the EU. ...
#Montenegro #wants #join #for #security