Montenegro’s key priority should continue to be full membership in the EU, and that will not be possible if the foundations of Montenegrin statehood are in question, the European Parliament’s rapporteur for Montenegro, Tonino Picula, has told Dnevne Novine.
“The European Commission’s report clearly emphasizes that tensions between the executive power and the legislature have slowed reform work. Recommendations should be implemented, but such a thing requires an executive power with cohesion and clear parliamentary support. Such a government would not waste time on internal disputes over different understandings of what the government should look like and what its priorities should be”, says Picula.
He is worried about the events in Montenegro.
“I am worried, because I believe that this status quo is unsustainable, with the hitherto unsuccessful negotiations on government reshuffle and generally unequivocal stagnation due to the undefined future of the ruling coalition. Obviously, there is a serious polarization within the ruling coalition, expressed during the first talks on the government reshuffle, where there is a different view not only of the composition of that government, but also of the strategic commitment”, says Picula.
In such circumstances, Picula believes, the only way out would be to form a stable parliamentary majority.
