Press Release: Montenegro and EU open two more negotiating chapters in accession process

Negotiators from the European Union and Montenegro agreed on 30 March 2015 to open two chapters in the process of negotiating the country's accession to the EU.

Meeting in Brussels at the third session of the accession conference at deputies level, they agreed to open chapter 16 on taxation and chapter 30 on external relations.

As a result, out of 35 predetermined chapters, 18 had now been opened for negotiation, of which two had already been provisionally closed.

• Primary Source

EurActiv, 31.03.15: EU broadens accession talks with Montenegro http://www.euractiv.com/sections/enlargement/eu-broadens-accession-talks-montenegro-313395

ESO: Background information: Montenegro and the EU: living on the frontline http://www.europeansources.info/record/montenegro-and-the-eu-living-on-the-frontline/

ESO: Background information: EU and Montenegro in partnership to prepare the country for accession http://www.europeansources.info/record/speech-eu-and-montenegro-in-partnership-to-prepare-the-country-for-accession/

Council of the European Union: Statement 176/15, 14.04.15: Press statement by President Donald Tusk after his meeting with Prime Minister of Montenegro Milo Đukanović http://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2015/04/14-remarks-tusk-meeting-prime-minister-montenegro-dukanovic/

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