During the Congress of European Socialists, the Secretary General of the Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS), Aleksandar Bogdanović, met with Tonina Picula, the rapporteur of the European Parliament for Montenegro, the party announced.
As stated in the announcement, during the meeting opinions were exchanged on current processes in the country and the region, with special reference to the Progress Report, the new Government and the population census.
"Aleksandar Bogdanović learned that the ideological range of participants gathered in the ruling structure requires serious effort and compromises in order to maintain the Government, and that in such a context, the further integration of Montenegro into the EU is questionable. He pointed out that the list is an easy target for misinformation, manipulation, dirty campaigns of certain structures and media, which call into question the relevance of its results, and that the Democratic Party of Socialists will not agree to the process without fulfilling the required conditions," the announcement reads.
Bogdanović thanked Picula for his support in holding the census in a transparent and inclusive process.
"Tonino Picula repeated the assessments from the Progress Report, that Montenegro missed opportunities for progress in European integration mainly because support for membership of political actors was often limited to only formal declarations. He pointed out that the population census should not be used for additional polarization of society , and added that he expects the process to be carried out in a high-quality, comprehensive, open and transparent manner, and that all actors of society will be involved in it, so that the final data will be accepted by the general public," the announcement concludes.
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