The controversial vote in the Montenegrin parliament, which condemns the crimes committed by Croatian fascists during the Second World War, overshadowed the country’s hopes for joining the European Union (EU), writes Politiko.

“It hurts us, it definitely doesn’t help us,” Prime Minister Milojko Spajic told Politico in Brussels ahead of Friday’s vote on the non-binding resolution, which Croatia quickly condemned.

The resolution focuses on the Jasenovac death camp in Croatia, which was run by a fascist regime that…