1.0European Western Balkanshttps://europeanwesternbalkans.comMarija Stojanovićhttps://europeanwesternbalkans.com/author/marija-stojanovic/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="CxSLhKLvzm"><a href="https://europeanwesternbalkans.com/2024/06/26/montenegro-has-met-the-interim-benchmarks-in-the-rule-of-law-and-can-start-closing-chapters-eu-confirms/">Montenegro has met the interim benchmarks in the rule of law and can start closing chapters, EU confirms</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://europeanwesternbalkans.com/2024/06/26/montenegro-has-met-the-interim-benchmarks-in-the-rule-of-law-and-can-start-closing-chapters-eu-confirms/embed/#?secret=CxSLhKLvzm" width="600" height="338" title="“Montenegro has met the interim benchmarks in the rule of law and can start closing chapters, EU confirms” — European Western Balkans" data-secret="CxSLhKLvzm" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> https://europeanwesternbalkans.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/7433f865-5e41-4221-b0b8-711b57d64406-min-scaled.jpg25601707BRUSSELS – The European Union has adopted common positions regarding Chapters 23 and 24 in negotiations with Montenegro, confirming that the country has met the interim benchmarks in the area of the rule of law. At today’s EU-Montenegro intergovernmental conference, closing benchmarks for this area were adopted. Based on the current enlargement methodology, this step […]