European Commission President visits Montenegro to discuss EU accession progress

On October 1, 2026, European Commission President von der Leyen issued a joint statement after a meeting with Montenegrin Prime Minister Spajić. Von der Leyen stated that Montenegro has provisionally closed more than half of the EU accession negotiation chapters and completed over 90% of the necessary reforms in the growth plan, and has received disbursements of 89 million euros, with a total allocation of over 380 million euros. She said she will strive to close all remaining chapters by the end of this year and is preparing Montenegro's EU accession treaty.