BRUSSELS — Montenegro as the EU’s 28th member by 2028? Not so fast, says Croatia, the bloc’s most recent member. Ahead of a debate on enlargement among EU leaders at Thursday’s summit , Croatia — which joined the bloc in 2013 — is among the countries raising concerns about Montenegro’s accession bid. Speaking to POLITICO at a pre-summit meeting of the European People’s Party, Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenković said Zagreb had been “extremely constructive” but pointed to unresolved issues under negotiating Chapter 23 (Judiciary and Fundamental Rights) and Chapter 31 (Foreign, Security and Defence Policy), some of which date back decades.
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