The European Commissioner for Neighborhood and Enlargement, Oliver Varhelji, said at a press conference in Brussels that this composition of the European Commission (EC) worked on the expansion of the European Union (EU), and that now there are six countries that are negotiating, and maybe a seventh will join. .
"This would mean that by the end of the mandate of the next European Commission, we can expect an expansion," said Varhelji.
He pointed out that in June they had an intergovernmental conference with Montenegro.
Speaking about the Growth Plan, he said that they enabled the countries to implement reforms so that some of the countries would become members by the end of the mandate of the new commission.
The High Representative of the EU and Vice President of the European Commission Jozep Borelj said at a press conference in Brussels that the citizens of the candidate countries already have tangible benefits from the enlargement process, such as Erasmus plus and others.
Borelj said that the EU should not only be bigger, but bigger and stronger.
"We want new states, but to be strong together with them," said Borelj.
He said that Montenegro is one of the candidate countries that are aligned with the EU's foreign policy.
In the draft report that will be adopted today, the European Commission assessed that Montenegro has made good progress in judicial reform, the fight against corruption, freedom of expression and the media, but that its institutions are fragile and vulnerable to political crises and potential institutional blockages.
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