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2023 and 2024 reports on Montenegro

TA-10-2025-0130 · P10_TA(2025)0130 · PE769.896

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Parliament's resolution on Montenegro's 2023 and 2024 reports reaffirms support for EU accession, welcomes progress, and urges reforms in rule of law, fundamental rights, and socio-economic areas. It calls for continued alignment with EU foreign policy, judicial and anti-corruption reforms, protection of minorities and journalists, and implementation of the Reform and Growth Facility.

Key points

  1. Recognises Montenegro's commitment to EU accession and welcomes its leading position, with all 33 chapters open and six provisionally closed.
  2. Commends Montenegro for meeting interim benchmarks for Chapters 23 and 24 and closing three more chapters, bringing the total to six.
  3. Welcomes Montenegro's full alignment with EU common foreign and security policy, including restrictive measures against Russia, and encourages enforcement and asset seizure.
  4. Expresses concern over malign foreign interference, disinformation, and hybrid threats, urging Montenegro to adopt countermeasures and establish a hybrid threat task force.
  5. Calls for electoral law alignment with EU standards, including harmonisation, transparency, and implementation of OSCE and CEDAW recommendations.
  6. Urges judicial reforms to ensure independence, fill vacancies, reduce case backlog, and align the constitution with EU standards.
  7. Calls for stronger anti-corruption measures, including effective enforcement, deterrent penalties, and depoliticised institutions.
  8. Urges alignment of visa policy with the EU, especially regarding countries posing migration or security risks, and expresses concern over visa-free regimes for Russia and Belarus.
  9. Calls for adoption of a new anti-discrimination law, protection of minorities, and measures to address discrimination against Roma and LGBTI persons.
  10. Urges alignment of gender-based violence definitions with the Istanbul Convention and effective protection mechanisms.
  11. Calls for adoption of the law on legal gender recognition without delay.
  12. Welcomes media laws and improved press freedom, but expresses concern over pressure on journalists and calls for zero tolerance and media literacy.

Who is affected

  • Montenegro's government and parliament, which must implement reforms in rule of law, anti-corruption, and fundamental rights.
  • Journalists and media workers, who face pressure and need protection and independence.
  • Roma and LGBTI persons, who face discrimination and need improved living conditions and inclusion.
  • Women, who face gender-based violence and need better participation and protection.
  • Civil society organisations, which face shrinking space and need a supportive legal framework.

Figures and deadlines

  • All 33 chapters of the EU acquis are open and six provisionally closed.
  • Over 18 800 refugees from Ukraine were registered in Montenegro as of 31 January 2025.
  • The Reform and Growth Facility for the Western Balkans includes EUR 6 billion.
  • Montenegro's reform agenda would provide access to over EUR 380 million in grants and favourable loans.
  • In 2022, elections in 14 municipalities were held on the same day.