Plenković: Montenegro has met two of Croatia's eight conditions, Serbia's Student List "must explain itself"

Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenković said at the enlargement summit in Brussels on November 3 that Montenegro has met two of the eight conditions Zagreb set in mid-October, Srpske novine and New Union Post report. Six conditions relate to Chapter 23 (judiciary and fundamental rights) and two to Chapter 31 (foreign, security and defence policy).

The conditions cover compensation for former detainees of the Morinj camp and a memorial plaque there, renaming Kotor's public pool named after a former camp guard, prosecution of war-crimes suspects, property claims of Croats in Montenegro, information on 14 missing persons, the sea border at Prevlaka, and ownership of the training ship Jadran.

"If we had wanted to be an obstacle to Montenegro's accession, our policy would have been completely different," Plenković said, adding that Podgorica can still close all chapters this year and join in 2028.

On Serbia

On the Student List's victory in Serbia, Plenković said "there was not a single European flag" at its campaign rallies and that the list must explain itself. In late October he said he expects "better relations than in the past 14 years".