The European Union (EU) expects all political actors in Montenegro to take advantage of the current momentum of the enlargement policy, complete key reforms of the rule of law and use the opportunity to take a big step forward towards the Union.
EU Ambassador to Montenegro Oana Kristina Popa met with the Vice Presidents of the Assembly, Zdenko Popović and Boris Pejović, as well as the Secretary General Aleksandar Klarić.
The EU Delegation in Montenegro stated on the X social network that the election of the supreme state prosecutor without further delay is of crucial importance for the rule of law in Montenegro.
"The EU expects all political actors in Montenegro to take advantage of the current momentum of the enlargement policy, complete the key reforms of the rule of law and use the opportunity to take a big step forward towards the EU," said the EU Delegation.
Popović said that 80 percent of Montenegrin citizens share the desire to quickly join the European Union.
"The political support of the European Parliament, the European Commission, as well as your support is very important to us," said Popović.
"We are focused on fulfilling all obligations because we want to join the European Union as soon as possible, and the same desire is shared by 80 percent of the citizens of Montenegro," added Popović, the Assembly announced.
Popović said that the Law on Electronic Communications was withdrawn from the parliamentary procedure because it was not intended to deviate from the directives of the European Union, but to solve the problem of the Agency for Electronic Media, whose advice currently does not exist, which makes the functioning of the institution impossible.
"The law was supposed to be a transition to the new law of the Government of Montenegro," explained Popović.
According to the statement of the Assembly, the Pope welcomed the progress that Montenegro achieved in the previous months by fulfilling key obligations from the EU accession process through a broad inter-party consensus in the Assembly. She added that significant work still awaits Montenegro.
"She emphasized the importance of electing the supreme state prosecutor without further delay. The EU ambassador added that the European Union expects all political actors in Montenegro to cooperate in order to complete key reforms of the rule of law, in order to enable the country to take a big step forward towards the EU. She praised "is the more open and transparent communication that the institutions of Montenegro have established with the European Commission and emphasized that good communication plays a key role in facilitating common understanding of the technical aspects of the process of harmonization with the EU legal acquis," the announcement reads.
The Assembly announced that during the meeting with Popa, Pejović pointed out that accession to the European Union is one of the rare political issues on which there is a broad social consensus in Montenegro.
"European integration is a clear commitment of the citizens of Montenegro, but also of its political leadership - Montenegro is one of the rare countries in Europe in which there are no Eurosceptic parties in the parliament," said Pejović.
He added that Montenegro is "at the right moment in history".
"The EU is again showing a strong desire for expansion, and the parliamentary majority and the Assembly are ready to show with their results that Montenegro deserves membership," said Pejović.
He added that he highly appreciates the clear and tangible signs of support from EU member states, such as the Growth Plan for the Western Balkans, and underlined that the standard of living and the rule of law will be further improved by Montenegro's full membership in the EU.
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