Leaders of European Union countries, including gathered in the picturesque port of Tivat on Montenegro's Adriatic coast for the annual EU-Western Balkans summit, with expanding the bloc topping the agenda .  After the summit, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said he was optimistic about a Franco-German initiative aimed at injecting fresh "momentum" into the accession process by creating incentives for faster reforms. Host  Montenegro leads a list of six candidate countries, which also includes