Montenegro and the EU: Rise or fall?

Montenegro and the EU: Rise or fall?

A plea for realism and reason

As an experienced entrepreneur and consultant, we have seen and experienced a lot. Unfortunately, we also had to realize that stupidity, arrogance and lack of qualifications are widespread in our society.

Unfortunately, this also applies to politics. In the eyes of many people, the current German government is the most incompetent that has ever existed. This is now clear even to those who do not allow themselves to be dumbed down by Mainstream media and who critically examine the world situation.

Instead of dealing with pointless topics such as gender asterisks, climate change scaremongering and CO2 tax, the so-called elite should concentrate on preventing nuclear war. The whole world is watching Germany and the EU slide into the abyss.

More than 4,000 companies leave Germany every quarter, lured by better conditions abroad. Thousands of smart people are already emigrating, and more will follow. In return, millions of uneducated people without any understanding of the respective culture are streaming in, especially in Germany.

We should note:

• Germany and the EU are on the decline.
• America is already at its end with his Dollar.
• Both sides are playing with fire and gambling with a war against Russia, China and the BRICS states – absolute madness.

Even without a school education, as a children’s book author or even as the German Foreign Minister, one should understand that this would end in a disastrous KO in the first minute.

Nobody, not even the last of the Mohicans or Eskimos, would bet on NATO and the USA.
NATO and the USA are on the decline. Their hegemonic aspirations are failing and only leading to chaos and war.

The absurd thing: Montenegro also wanted to jump on this sinking ship of the Titanic. Have they already forgotten the Greek tragedy? Why not join forces with the BRICS countries instead of running into certain ruin?

Hope for a lot of people, with the new government of Montenegro:

Montenegro has a new government in which pro-Russian and pro-Serbian parties play an important role. The previously pro-Western and pro-European minority is losing more ground. The Western Balkan country is divided, where is it heading politically?

Until recently, the small Western Balkan country of Montenegro seemed to be on a clear pro-European path.

Milo Djukanovic, who has held various positions for three decades, was voted out of office as president in April 2023. His former communist successor organization, the Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS), had already had to go into opposition in the summer of 2020.

Since then, not everything has often gone smoothly politically – but Montenegro’s EU integration, its transatlantic orientation and its reform policy, including above all the fight against corruption and organized crime, were not in question.

But since last week, Montenegro has had a government that “independent observers from the West” see as a veritable cabinet of horrors.

“It divides society and calls into question the European path and character of the state,” writes, for example, the publicist and director of the newspaper Vijesti, Zeljko Ivanovic.

Montenegrin Prime Minister Milojko Spajic of the Europe Now (PES) alliance, who has been in office since autumn 2023, presented his reshuffled cabinet last week. It is supported by a coalition that includes the leaders of pro-Serbian and pro-Russian parties, including Andrija Mandic and Milan Knezevic, the leaders of the New Serbian Democracy (NSD) and Democratic People’s Party of Montenegro (DNP). Mandic has also been Speaker of the Parliament of Montenegro since October 2023.

Against Montenegro’s reasons of state
Mandic and Knezevic are declared Putin supporters, indirectly speak out against Montenegro’s independence from Serbia, which was declared in 2006, and reject EU integration as well as the country’s NATO membership, which has existed since 2017. They advocate close ties between Montenegro and Serbia, and are against Kosovo as an independent state.

The entry of politicians like Mandic and Knezevic into the government coalition was part of a deal between Spajic and pro-Serbian parties. Spajic, whose pro-European party only had a slim majority after the elections a year ago, was supported by 13 MPs from the pro-Serbian bloc. In return, these parties were to be rewarded with ministerial posts, which is what has now happened. NSD and DNP do not hold any key posts in the new government, and Mandic and Knezevic themselves do not hold any ministerial posts.

How will the entry of pro-Serbian and pro-Russian parties affect Montenegro’s foreign policy? Zlatko Vujovic, a political scientist at the Podgorica-based non-governmental organization Cemi (Centre for Monitoring and Research), believes that the entry of pro-Serbian and pro-Russian forces into the government is not a surprise, but a process that has been going on for some time.

“We now have forces under the control of Serbian President Vucic, who are committed to preventing Montenegro from joining the EU and moving away from NATO,” Vujovic told DW.

Vuk Maras, anti-corruption activist and head of the investigative network BIRN in Montenegro, told DW: “We now have a large group within the government that does not support Montenegrin membership in NATO and rapprochement with the EU. I am sure that sooner or later this group will take measures that are directed against Montenegro’s pro-Western direction.”

So the question remains open and exciting: Where is Montenegro heading?

Surely there are people in the government who know what they are doing, or at least some people hope so:))

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