Could Montenegro Be The EU's Next Member State? - TLDR News

With the UK out, the EU's looking for another 28th member - Montenegro is looking to fill that slot. So in this video, we're explaining Montenegro's application, why the country is looking to join and if they really could be the next EU nation.

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[jorengarre]

To become member Montenegro has to have media freedom...
Hungary: well, I’m not doing that.

[ninjam]

I don't think that Montenegro joining could cause any of the two problems some people worry about. 1.Euro instability. Montenegro is a very small country (theyre GDP is 1/40th of the Greek), even if they would fall into crisis this would probably not cause much trouble for the Eurozone.
2. Immigration as was mentioned could be a issue for french voters.Montenegro has a population of 642.550. That's such a small number that we would barely notice if half of them emigrated to the richest EU members, which is not even remotely realistic as there is no way that so many would leave.

[doomesdayboy]

Could you make a deep dive into all prospective EU members

[kidamkolkoznam]

When you are spelling names have in mind that ''C'' and ''Ć'' are two totally different letters (different as A and B are).

[koantao]

30 years ago, Montenegro became the first ecological state, adopting the greenest constitution in the world. The war in ex-Yugoslavia destroyed that dream. I visited MN during that time and it was stunning in its beautiful and unique nature. Scutari Lake was so clean one could drink its water directly from the boat. Pelicans nested on its shores. Pristine forests with ancient trees, magnificent coastline and a 10km sandy beach with no population along it. Much is gone now, but it remains a stupendous country with a remarkable history.

[redvorno]

Hold up, Macron has elections next year? How fast is time going...

[hesseldekraai]

As a dutch person I would love it if montenegro would come to join the family

[matoklasanovic]

Just a small mistake, it's not the Kingdom of Serbia, Croatia and Slovenia, but Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes

[arjan]

Yeah montenegro is the only one that has a real chance of joining eu in the next decade.
North Macedonia has political problems with bulgaria.
Albania has problems with corruption, it also has an incompetent gonverment together with an even more incompetent opposition.(I am from here)
Serbia has the kosovo problem and it also has problems with democracy. There is no real opposition and media is heavily influenced by the gonverment.
Bosnia has a dysfunctional gonverment, which makes it very hard to implement reforms and fight corruption.
Kosovo is not recognised by 5 eu members
Turkey is not even a candidate anymore
Ukraine and Moldova have big russian populations which don’t want to be a part of EU.

[HUNVilly]

It's one of the most beautiful countries I've ever visited.

[jean-pascalesparceil]

The most important is to bring lasting peace between countries of the former Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. It will be a long process, but the EU can help.

[thebeast]

I am a Romanian living and working in Romania. And I must say, although not perfect, the EU is the best thing that happened to this continent. I hope it will grow and I hope to see Montenegro in the team.

[timlamiam]

I remember being so confused when I asked the tour guide in Kotor if they were in the EU or not because everything was marked in Euros and he gave a short chuckle and a "no, its complicated" lolol

[cia]

Macron probably won’t be a problem as his election is next year while Montenegro has still years to go for eu membership

[legerarts]

Let's hope we can soon welcome Montenegro into the EU.

[andrijherasymenko]

Good luck to Montenegro from Ukraine. I hope we will also join EU someday.

[aurthurlarry]

Long Iive Montenegro you could make a prospective dive into the EU

[goranmiletic]

You should've mentioned that the change in government in 2020 was the first democratic change of power EVER in Montenegro.

[kmk]

As guy from Denmark I can say I would love nothing more than have the chill and friendly Montenegrins join our union.

[ImStevan]

1:25 regardless of your stances, Kosovo was 100% a part of Serbia in 2006