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Montenegro to file formal EU membership application

Fri, Dec 12 2008 12:09 CET

byPetar Kostadinov

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The government of Montenegro had decided on December 11 2008 to officially apply for European Union membership, Reuters said on December 12 2008.

"By taking this step, Montenegro commits itself to the accession process and building of a united Europe which is a strategic goal in which the founders of the European Community invested their vision and commitment," the government press office said in a statement.

Two government officials said the application from Montenegro, which was originally expected to apply earlier this year, would likely be submitted on December 15 2008, Reuters said two days after the end of the EU leaders summit in Brussels.

According to Reuters, Montenegro's EU application could stimulated the efforts of Albania and Serbia to do the same in the coming months. Montenegro declared independence from the Serbia and Montenegro state in 2006. Since than it has adopted a new constitution and signed and implemented its 'Stabilisation and Association Agreement with the EU, the gateway to candidate status.

Currently there are four EU members on the Balkans: Greece, Bulgaria, Romania and Slovenia. Croatia applied in 2003 and Macedonia was the last Balkan country to file an application in 2004.

For decades Turkey has been negotiating with the EU on the matter.

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