Montenegro has fulfilled every closing benchmark and obligation on its path to membership in the European Union. That assessment was announced by Gorčević. She stressed that the government's goal remains clear and that the country intends to carry the process through to the end. Closing the final benchmarks puts Montenegro at the front of the queue among candidates seeking to join the bloc. The country has spent years overhauling laws and institutions to meet Brussels' requirements. The remaining work involves turning those completed obligations into a final accession deal. For the government in Podgorica, the focus is now on converting progress into an invitation to join.