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The State Union of Serbia and Montenegro started the process of Accession to the European Union in November 2005, when negotiations over a Stabilisation and Association Agreement began. In May 2006, Montenegro voted for independence in a referendum and the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro was dissolved. Serbia continued with the existing negotiations, and separate negotiations were launched with Montenegro in September 2006.〔(Enlargement Process – Montenegro Key Events ), ''European Commission'', accessed on 10 January 2007〕〔(Germany prepares to take over EU presidency ), ''Southeast European Times'', 19 December 2006, accessed on 10 January 2007〕 The Agreement was initialled on 15 March 2007 and officially signed on 15 October 2007. In 2010, the Commission issued a favourable opinion on Montenegro's application, identifying 7 key priorities that would need to be addressed for negotiations to begin, and the Council granted it candidate status. In December 2011, the Council launched the accession process with a view to opening negotiations in June 2012. The accession negotiations with Montenegro started on 29 June 2012. ==Application== Montenegro officially applied to join the EU on 15 December 2008.〔 EUbusiness, 16 December 2008, archived on 26 April 2009 from (the original )〕 On 23 April 2009, the Council invited the European Commission to submit its opinion on the application. The Commission presented Montenegro with a questionnaire to assess its application on 22 July 2009.〔(EC questionnaire to Montenegro )〕 On 9 December 2009, Montenegro delivered its answers to the EC questionnaire.〔(Montenegro delivers answers to EC questionnaire )〕 On 1 May 2010, the Stabilisation and Association Agreement (SAA) between Montenegro and the European Union came into force, after all the 27 member-states of EU had ratified the SAA. The European Commission on 9 November 2010 recommended Montenegro as candidate country. This candidate status was officially granted on 17 December 2010.〔("Commission Opinion on Montenegro's application for membership of the European Union" )〕 Montenegro is experiencing ecological, judicial and crime-related problems that may hinder its bid.〔(Ren: Kriminal prepreka Crnoj Gori )〕 Montenegro signed an agreement with the Bulgarian government in December 2007 in which Bulgaria will assist Montenegro with its Euro-Atlantic and EU integration for the following three years.〔(Bulgaria Will Support Montenegro in Their EU Integration )〕 On 27 July 2010, the Montenegrin Parliament passed a non-discrimination law that includes sexual orientation and gender identity as prohibited grounds of discrimination. This was one of the requirements the country had to meet for EU membership.〔ILGA Europe:(Montenegro fulfils EU membership requirement and protects LGBT people from discrimination. ) 28 July 2010.〕 Montenegro's population is overwhelmingly pro-EU, with 76.2% being in favour according to polling and only 9.8% against, in October 2009.〔(Političko javno mnjenje Crne Gore ) Centar Za Demokratiju i Ljudska Prava, October 2009〕 To work on these matter the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration of Montenegro has a special agency dedicated to accession to the EU, the Office for assistance to the Chief Negotiator. The goal of the office is to support the task of the Chief Negotiator for Montenegro’s Accession to EU, Aleksandar Andrija Pejović. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Accession of Montenegro to the European Union」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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