Montenegro is determined to take advantage of the favourable circumstances within the EU and with the cooperation of all three branches of government and the civil sector, speed up the implementation of reforms and ensure visible progress on the path to the EU, said Minister of European Affairs Maida Gorcevic at a meeting with the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Germany for Europe and climate by Ana Learmann.
Gorcevic thanked Germany for its exceptional support for Montenegro’s reform efforts in the EU accession process.
She pointed out that the focus of the Government’s work was on reforms in the area of the rule of law and obtaining the closing benchmarks in Chapters 23 and 24, which, as she said, would start the process of temporarily closing a number of negotiation chapters having a good internal readiness for membership.
“The reforms we achieved in the judiciary are a good start for the extensive work ahead of us. Now it is important that all of us together – all three branches of government, with a strengthened negotiation structure and the civil sector, show measurable results and make key steps forward on the European path. The climate within the EU is favourable, we have the support of the member states and we want to take advantage of the opportunity”, Gorcevic said.
Minister Larmann welcomed the results in the field of justice, pointing out that Montenegro had the full support of Germany on its path to the EU.
She expressed the expectation that all three branches of government would join efforts and show tangible results in key areas.
