Montenegro's EU Bid

From Deutsche Welle:
"EU plans to open Montenegro accession talks"

European ministers have given a green light for Montenegro to launch talks to join the European Union. Podgorica has apparently fulfilled demands for progress in the fight against corruption and organized crime.The EU's 27 European affairs ministers meeting in Luxembourg recommended on Tuesday that the bloc start formal negotiations with Montenegro for the Balkan country to join the union. Official approval must still come from EU leaders, who will discuss the subject at a summit on Thursday. However, their approval is considered a formality in the wake of the recommendation. The membership talks would then begin the following day.

^ It doesn't seem like the best time to join the EU, but I guess some of the smaller/poorer countries in Europe not currently in the EU would rather be "in the sinking ship" than outside. I have been to Montenegro - there wasn't much there that I saw - and they already use the Euro so they are already tied-in with the EU should the Euro collapse. ^

http://www.dw.de/dw/article/0,,16050371,00.html