Milatović: By the time Spajić's government was formed, two-thirds of the benchmarks within IBAR had mostly been fulfilled

By the time Milojko Spajić's government was formed, two-thirds of the interim benchmarks within the Interim Benchmarks Fulfillment Report (IBAR) had been mostly met - mostly as a result of the work of the 42nd and 43rd Governments, announced the President of Montenegro Jakov Milatović.

In a post on the social network Iks, he said that Montenegro's membership in the EU is the common denominator of all political factors and that it is therefore important to "precisely inform the public".

Milatović pointed out that perhaps the most demanding item in the remaining third of the unfulfilled temporary benchmarks related to appointments in the judiciary, which, as he assessed, are the main political lever for obtaining IBAR.

"44. The government continues the efforts of the previous ones to fulfill the remaining unfulfilled temporary benchmarks. It is important to point out that the IBAR - Report on 'temporary' benchmarks - and that after fulfilling them - there is hard work to be done to fulfill the 'final' benchmarks in chapters 23 and 24", concluded Milatović.

Prime Minister Milojko Spajić answered questions from MEPs about the progress of European Union reforms in Montenegro before the Foreign Affairs Committee of the European Parliament (EP) yesterday.

Spajić pointed out that the Government is working on all the temporary benchmarks that are needed to obtain the IBAR.

Co-chairman of the Parliamentary Committee of the European Union and Montenegro for Stabilization and Association (POSP) Vladimir Bilčik said at yesterday's session of the Committee that the parliamentary majority has done more for EU reforms in six months than the authorities in the previous six years.