"EU unhappy with Montenegrin govt."

The Montenegrin opposition stated that the EU is sending clear messages that it is not content with the work of the government in Podgorica. The fact that German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle did not schedule a visit to Podgorica during his regional visit shows that the EU is “putting the regime on ice” until Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic leaves the political scene, the opposition Movement for Changes (PZP) party stated. "EU unhappy with Montenegrin govt." PZP states that the fact that the German minister did not come to Montenegro confirms the international isolation resulting from “the criminal profile and autocratic rule” of the Montenegrin government. “Westerwelle gave a clear message in Belgrade which the most powerful and influential European country sends to those who are candidates for EU membership—that there will be no easing of the criteria needed for becoming a member-state,” PZP spokesperson Koca Pavlovic said. In Montenegro’s case, this means that “you cannot enter the EU with the mafia,” Pavlovic said. He said that EU politicians have “obviously decided to put this regime on ice,” until the moment that Djukanovic leaves politics and Montenegro receives an administration “that is capable of freeing the country from the claws of the mafia.” “With this kind of behavior of the current regime, which is always choosing the mafia instead of Europe, the ability of achieving the only goal for which a national consensus exists in Montenegro—the securing of the status of a candidate country for full-fledged EU membership—is being brought into question,” Pavlovic said.

"EU unhappy with Montenegrin govt."

PZP states that the fact that the German minister did not come to Montenegro confirms the international isolation resulting from “the criminal profile and autocratic rule” of the Montenegrin government.

“Westerwelle gave a clear message in Belgrade which the most powerful and influential European country sends to those who are candidates for EU membership—that there will be no easing of the criteria needed for becoming a member-state,” PZP spokesperson Koča Pavlović said.

In Montenegro’s case, this means that “you cannot enter the EU with the mafia,” Pavlović said.

He said that EU politicians have “obviously decided to put this regime on ice,” until the moment that Đukanović leaves politics and Montenegro receives an administration “that is capable of freeing the country from the claws of the mafia.”

“With this kind of behavior of the current regime, which is always choosing the mafia instead of Europe, the ability of achieving the only goal for which a national consensus exists in Montenegro—the securing of the status of a candidate country for full-fledged EU membership—is being brought into question,” Pavlović said.