Accession conference with Montenegro: Transport and energy chapters opened

The 7th meeting of the accession conference with Montenegro at ministerial level was held on 21 December 2015. The conference opened negotiations on two chapters:

+ Chapter 14, on transport policy;
+ Chapter 15, on energy.

Accession negotiations with Montenegro started in June 2012. Twenty-two out of 35 chapters have now been opened, two of which have been provisionally closed.

• Primary Source

EUObserver, 21.12.15: Montenegro opens two EU accession chapters https://euobserver.com/enlargement/131626

ESO: Key source: Montenegro and the European Union http://www.europeansources.info/record/montenegro-3/

ESO: Background information: Western Balkans and Turkey: enlargement process key to strengthened economic and political stability in the region http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-western-balkans-and-turkey-enlargement-process-key-to-strengthened-economic-and-political-stability-in-the-region/

ESO: Background information: Key findings of the 2015 report on Montenegro http://www.europeansources.info/record/memo-key-findings-of-the-2015-report-on-montenegro/

ESO: Background information: Why Montenegro’s protests are unlikely to spell the end for Milo Đukanović http://www.europeansources.info/record/why-montenegros-protests-are-unlikely-to-spell-the-end-for-milo-dukanovic/

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