Serbia and Montenegro could join EU in 2025, says Brussels

Foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini says other western Balkan countries could catch up

Serbia and Montenegro could join the EU in 2025, the European commission has said, as Brussels seeks to renew the path to membership for six western Balkan states after years of distracting economic crises and enlargement fatigue.

“The future of the union is not bound to be at 27,” said the EU’s foreign policy chief, Federica Mogherini, referring to the number of countries that will be in the EU once Britain leaves in 2019. The 2025 goal was “not a target date, not a deadline”, she said, stressing that countries would only be able to join through merit-based processes that meant strengthening the rule of law and tackling organised crime and corruption.

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