That Montenegro's path to the European Union (EU) is not strewn with roses, except in front of the Parliament, was also clear on the floor above where the visit of the President of Republika Srpska was the subject of the Committee for European Integration even before Dodik set foot in the Parliament building.
The Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS) asked Chief Negotiator Predrag Zenović whether the head of Parliament was ruining Montenegro's international reputation by meeting with Dodik, who is on the US blacklist. From a diplomatic address, an adequate answer.
"At that moment when it would in any way conflict with what is the European path of Montenegro or the European agenda or in any way threaten the harmonization of the legal acquis of Montenegro in that field, at that moment I think it would be appropriate to give opinion on that topic,'' said Zenović.
Mandić's party, as opposed to the opposition, believes that the instruction of Europe is precisely good regional cooperation in all segments, and they remind that Dodik was also welcomed by the previous authorities.
After they skipped over Dodik, the next stumbling block on Montenegro's path to the EU was the question of the possible dismissal of the Minister of Justice, Andrej Milović, in the context of closing the chapter on the rule of law.
The Board also discussed the non-extradition of Binali Čamgoz to Turkey, as well as the return of Zoran Brđanin to the head of the Police Directorate. If we leave aside the daily political problems, the European path is not easy, but not unattainable either. Specifically, out of 83 temporary benchmarks in the chapters concerning the rule of law, Montenegro partially or completely failed to fulfill 31.
Twelve years after we started negotiations on full membership in the EU - the tickets have been bought, and if domestic problems don't derail us, we have exactly two months to prove that they are for Europe.
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