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The European Commission (EC) expects the Venice Commission to announce the opinion on the amendments to the President Law and will support their assessment, said during the preparatory meeting of the Parliamentary Stabilization and Association in Brussels. From the European neighbor, they said that the key priority is at this time to find a way out of the political crisis, as well as to ensure the functionality of the Constitutional Court.
Attempted Parliament to change the president's authority is sensitive in the absence of the Constitutional Court. The opinion was requested by the Venetian Commission, we expect it to be published this week and support their assessment - Kirsi Pekuri said, from the political unit for Montenegro in the Neighborhood Directorate and Enlargement Negotiations (DG Near).
She reminded that the further progress of Montenegro needs to fulfill temporary benchmarks in the field of rule of law, but also emphasized that at this point no other chapter is ready to close.
Based on our assessment, there are now no chapters that meet the preconditions for temporary closure - they announced from the Commission.
EP ready to observe the presidential and parliamentary elections
The head of the European Parliament delegation for Montenegro, Vladimir Bilčik said the Presidential Elections would be held in Montenegro, as well as that there was the possibility of organizing an extraordinary parliamentary elections, which the EP delegation is ready to monitor. He pointed out that the negotiation process has slowed down and that Montenegro is in a political and institutional crisis.
The government has lost confidence in August. The ministers were resolved, and the recent resignation of the Minister of European Affairs Jovana Marović shows in which scope of the negotiation process slowed down - the Bilčik rated.
He stressed that all political leaders should work together to return the functionality of institutions and that Montenegro should have a government with a political mandate to dedicate themselves to the topics of the citizens, including the rule of law and facing the energy crisis.
Markovic: Progress in the shadow of the crisis
The head of Montenegro's mission in the EU, Petar Markovic, emphasized that Montenegro remains a nasty country in EU negotiations with 33 open and three closed chapters.
When you look at the dynamics from one in another report, Montenegro progress quickly in nine chapters in relation to last year's estimate - Markovic emphasized.
He said that the results remain in the shadows of political, institutional and constitutional crisis.
He said that hybrid threats from the beginning of the Russian Agrsi in Ukraine is becoming more frequent in the Western Balkans, and more affect those countries that are fully aligned with the EU external and security policy.
He also pointed out that the economic conditions in Montenegro are stable, despite the reduction of the number of tourists from Eastern Europe.
The Prophet of the European People's Party (EPP) Tomislav Sokol, fulfished that the situation in Montenegro is extremely serious and that it is a "long-term survival of the country."
Serbia and Prospese forces in Montenegro look at Montenegro in a similar way Russia views Ukraine - said Sokol.
He emphasized that the EU should clearly communicate to anti-European parties to not be tolerated as such a type of behavior, as that everyone who is against the European journey of Montenegro is definitely not to be considered partners:
As the parties like DF see the rule of law we were convinced at the example of the Savnik, where the elections were blocked on the week in a row. It shows how they react when things are not in their - the Sokol pointed out.
Weiss: The EC should be in mind the good results of Montenegro
Thomas Weiss, from the European Green Party pointed out that the EC should be in the form of the good results of Montenegro in the fight against corruption and organized crime, stating that the person who were untouchable until a few years ago.
The Prophet of the European Liberala Klemen Grošelj emphasized that it is important to take into account who will be elected to judge the Constitutional Court because it will determine how Montenegro will develop in the coming period. He warned the open Balkans, emphasizing that it should be careful in what the additional effects of these initiatives are "because the road to hell is paved with good intentions."
The MP of the EP from Hungary, Andor Deli, interested, among other things, the contract signed with the Serbian Orthodox Church.
Ambassador Markovic replied that the contract with the LDC was the last in a series of agreements that Montenegro signed with a friend of churches and religious groups in Montenegro.
From the adoption of the Ljetos Contract, which has contributed to the 43rd Government, it did not happen in that sense, and appears as the Prime Minister and said that the agreement was adopted by the controversial pressure on the government's brought with that religious community An ad acts was placed, because we have moved to other controversial issues that full newspapers in Montenegro - said Markovic.
The Parliamentary Committee for Stabilization and Association between the EU and Montenegro will be held 14. and December 15 in Strasbourg.
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