The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) adopted today, with a majority of votes, the Draft Opinion on the admission of Kosovo to the Council of Europe.
131 PSSE members voted for, 29 against, and 11 of the 171 present abstained.
The delegation of Montenegro in PSSE voted differently on the draft opinion on the admission of Kosovo to the Council of Europe.
The head of the Delegation of Montenegro to the PSSE, Maja Vukićević (Democratic People's Party), voted against, as she announced in her presentation.
Delegation member Boris Mugoša (Social Democrats) voted in favor, while Vasilije Čarapić (Movement Evropa Sad) abstained, Vijesti learned.
Čarapić previously at the PSSE Political Committee supported the amendment of seven representatives of Italy and one member of the Hungarian delegation, which implies the first fulfillment of the conditions regarding the union of Serbian municipalities, and only after that the admission of Kosovo to the Council of Europe. That amendment, however, was not adopted.
In total, there were 15 amendments to the Draft Opinion of the CoE rapporteur for Kosovo, Dora Bakoyanis, of which only three were adopted.
None of the ten amendments proposed by the representatives of Serbia were adopted, among other things they request the postponement of the decision on Pristina's request for membership, as well as the formation of a union of Serbian municipalities as a pre-accession condition.
It is an obligation of the Government of Kosovo that arises from the Brussels and Ohrid agreements, which were agreed between Kosovo and Serbia, with the support of the EU.
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