A N A LY S I S FRIEDRICH-EBERT-STIFTUNG- A decade of Montenegrin accession negotiations with the EU: How to get out of the roundabout? DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS A DECADE OF MONTENEGRIN NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE EU: How to get out of the roundabout? After a decade of accession negotiations with the EU, from the former frontrunner in speed, Montenegro is now the leader in the duration of this process in the Western Balkans and the number of lost chances. Citizens strongly support the path to the EU, while decision­makers increasingly go astray, putting the private before the public interest. Milica Zindović, Nikola Mirković, Daliborka Uljarević(ed.) December 2022 Over 10 years, the negotiation structure has been changed seven times, which collapsed the institutional memory and fragile capacities. 1