UNICEF has confirmed that the amount of child allowance in Montenegro is insufficient and that inflation has devalued it - it is precisely because of rising prices that we, as deputies of the Civic Movement URA, have proposed an increase in child allowances by 50 percent, from 30 to 45 euros for the basic one, from 44 to 66 euros for beneficiaries of material security, and from 60 to 90 euros for children without parental care and beneficiaries of personal disability benefits, announced the vice president of the Civic Movement URA and head of the parliamentary group Miloš Konatar.
Konatar reacted after the head of the UNICEF office in Montenegro, Mikele Servadei, stated that the poverty risk rate for children in Montenegro is significantly above the European average, which is why the amount of the universal child allowance needs to be regularly adjusted to the rising cost of living, stating that according to data from the Statistical Office (Monstat) from 2023, the poverty risk rate among children is 27 percent.
Konatar recalled that in 2021, URA was one of the proponents of the law in the Parliament of Montenegro that restored child benefits for all children in Montenegro.
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"However, in these four years, there has been a rise in prices and inflation, which has reduced the value of child allowances. That is why, as URA deputies, we will continue to propose an increase in child allowances, even though Spajić's government and Mandić's parliamentary majority are currently rejecting it," Konatar points out.
He said that it is time to increase child benefits in Montenegro and called on the Government and the parliamentary majority to accept the proposal of the Civic Movement URA.
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