Kover: Montenegro waited for accession longer than it should have, the mood has changed

"We will do absolutely everything to support the closing of four chapters by the end of the year and the opening of the European Parliament office in Montenegro," said the President of the Hungarian Parliament.

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Regardless of all the circumstances, due to the reluctance of Brussels, Montenegro waited longer than it should have for joining the European Union, said the President of the Hungarian Parliament, Laszlo Kover, who is on an official visit to Podgorica.

After the meeting with the President of the Montenegrin Parliament Andrija Mandić, he said that the mood has changed in recent years.

"We are pleased that Enlargement Commissioner Oliver Varhelji played an important role in this. We will do absolutely everything to support the closing of the four chapters by the end of the year and the opening of the European Parliament office in Montenegro," Kover said.

He said that Hungary is committed to the integration of the countries of the Western Balkans and that it is very important from the perspective of stability and security and the economic development of Europe for the region to join as soon as possible.

He pointed out that in the whole process, Montenegro made the most progress.

Mandić reminded that Montenegro expects to close four negotiation chapters by the end of the year: 7 (Intellectual property law), 10 (Information society and media), 20 (Entrepreneurship and industrial policy), 31 (Foreign, security and defense policy), as well as for Montenegro to apply for the office of the European Parliament for the Western Balkans to be opened in Podgorica.

In this, as he said, he expects help from Hungary, which currently presides over the Council of the EU.

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