... Europe and Montenegro will not deviate from the path to EU accession. Montenegro is already the front runner in the process and, according to the results of a public opinion poll conducted in November and December 2020 on behalf of the Delegation of the European Union to Montenegro,
77.6% of Montenegrin citizens
have a positive attitude towards the EU and the country has opened all chapters with three provisionally closed (European Union External Action Service, 2021). Furthermore, the country, together with Albania,...
...
to be a principal problem today. This already creates hotbeds of tensions in predominantly Muslim areas in the Balkans. The European Union’s
position
on the matter is no cause for optimism either.
The degradation of the political regimes in some Balkans ... ... a serious impact on destabilization tendencies in the region. In 2018–2019, a wave of mass rallies
rolled through
Serbia, Montenegro, Albania and Kosovo. The protesters demanded the resignation of their respective governments and presidents and independence ...
... borders of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina with the possible option of creating a confederation with Croatia / Serbia / Montenegro;
—
Macedonia
would be in a worse position, left without most of its own territory. Moreover, a tendency to tear ... ... development.
Germany takes an intransigent position regarding any territorial exchanges. As a result, it largely dominates the European Union. Berlin insists that it is totally unacceptable to implement any territorial exchanges and reorganize the Balkan ...
Geo-strategic changes in the Balkans force Russia to consider the region’s new position in Russian foreign policy
Reasons for Montenegro’s Accession to NATO
Two main motivations are present in the actions of NATO on the western part of the Balkan Peninsula—one strategic and one tactical. In terms of strategic motivation, the policy of luring former Yugoslavian republics ...
... priority is to become a full member of the European Union
”
. President Filip Vujanović put it even more clearly: “Russia is a big country and Montenegro does not significantly influence global processes. Russia needs to understand that Montenegro wants to become a part of the European Union and NATO, but that does not mean that we are anti-Russia.”
All in all, Russian–Montenegrin relations remain “good and friendly”.
The response in the Russian press and among officials has been to accuse the Montenegrins ...
