UE ryzykuje utratę wiarygodności, jeśli nie uda jej się rozszerzyć - ostrzega wicepremier Czarnogóry - video Dailymotion

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UE ryzykuje utratę wiarygodności, jeśli nie uda jej się rozszerzyć - ostrzega wicepremier Czarnogóry  Czarnogóra jest liderem wśród krajów kandydujących do UE i ma nadzieję na zakończenie rozmów z Brukselą o przystąpieniu w przyszłym roku. Niepowodzenie przystąpienia kraju może podważyć wiarygodność UE i wysłać „zły sygnał” do innych kandydatów - ostrzega wicepremier.  CZYTAJ WIĘCEJ : http://pl.euronews.com/2025/11/10/ue-ryzykuje-utrate-wiarygodnosci-jesli-nie-uda-jej-sie-rozszerzyc-ostrzega-wicepremier-cza  Zasubskrybuj nasz kanał.Euronews jest dostępny na Dailymotion w 12 językach

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00:00Muzyka

00:08My guest is Filip Ivanović.

00:11He is the Deputy Prime Minister for European and Foreign Affairs of Montenegro.

00:17And despite being the smallest of all the countries wishing to join the EU,

00:22it is considered a frontrunner and widely tipped to become the next EU member state.

00:28And Deputy Prime Minister, welcome to 12 Minutes With.

00:31Thank you for joining us on Euronews.

00:33Thank you for having me and for talking about Montenegro.

00:35Well, let's talk about Montenegro.

00:37As I said, the smallest but the most advanced on its path to becoming an EU member.

00:43And you just received a glowing appraisal from the European Commission

00:47saying that if you keep up with this speed of reforms,

00:51you are on track to join in the next three years.

00:55Tell us then, what is the secret recipe for Montenegro's success?

01:00Well, first of all, let me tell you that the report that we have just received

01:04is an additional evidence to the plan that we as a government had,

01:09which is to have each of the reports being better than the previous ones.

01:14So, previous year we had the best report up until then,

01:18and now this is the best report ever, so to say.

01:21So, it is an evidence of a very hard work of the government of Montenegro,

01:26but not just of the government, but also of other political institutions in the country.

01:30But it is also an introduction, I would say,

01:34to a very successful intergovernmental conference that we will have by the end of this year,

01:39where we will close several chapters.

01:41And on the other hand, it is, let's say, a blueprint of what we need to do

01:46in the forthcoming 12 or 13 months in order to fulfill our goal to finish the negotiations

01:51and to close all chapters by the end of 26.

01:54So, I would say that the political dedication and hard work are the key ingredients of this success.

02:04If you do meet that target and you are joining the EU around January 2028,

02:09as you aim to do, it will be 20 years since you first applied for EU membership.

02:16Do you feel that the process has been too demanding?

02:20Do you feel it's been too burdensome on you as a country?

02:23It's not an easy question because, of course, it depends in what period of time you make this question.

02:29So, indeed, we have been negotiating for the past 13 years

02:33and for many years the whole process was, I wouldn't say, too demanding, but it was too technical.

02:40There wasn't any political will from the side of the EU member states

02:43to continue with the substance of enlargement.

02:48However, this has changed in the past three years.

02:50I would say that the European Union has finally understood

02:53that enlargement is one of the, if not the best possible, policy that the EU has ever had.

03:00It's actually the essence and the substance of the European Union

03:03and that enlargement plays a key role in transforming the European Union

03:08into a geopolitical and geostrategic player.

03:11So, Montenegro is very much keen on contributing to this kind of dimension of the European Union

03:18and we are looking forward to becoming the first next member, as you have said, of the EU

03:22and this is why we are saying 28 by 28.

03:25So, 28 member states by 2028.

03:27We do hear, however, from EU officials, especially here in Brussels,

03:31concerns about the process of enlarging the Union

03:35and potential plans to integrate new members without giving them full voting rights.

03:43It's, I believe, a particular response to the way that some countries already within the European Union

03:47are using their veto power to block some foreign policy decisions.

03:51How would you feel about, would you accept that in 2028 Brussels would tell you

03:55you can come in to the club, you can join the club, but you won't have the full voting rights

04:01as all other member states have?

04:05Well, I would say that the word concern is one of the key words here in Brussels

04:09and we hear it from time to time on different aspects of European policy.

04:14So, we do understand, of course, that EU has certain needs of being reformed itself.

04:21However, we want this process, without interfering with it, to go hand in hand or in parallel

04:27with the process of enlargement.

04:29What we are aiming at is full-fledged membership into the European Union

04:34and this is why we are doing all the so-called homework in order to qualify

04:38to become equal partner at the table.

04:42But let me tell you, I do understand where these concerns come from.

04:46But, for example, Montenegro has been for years aligned, 100% aligned

04:50with common foreign and security policy and it continues to be so.

04:54And we actually had a different idea to become observers, regular observers

05:00at the Foreign Affairs Council because if we are 100% aligned, why not be there

05:05without the right to vote, of course, until we become members.

05:09But what we expect is no less than full membership in the European Union.

05:13You say that you are 100% aligned with the EU's foreign policy.

05:17Other neighbours in the Western Balkan region are not

05:20and this is potentially why there are new ideas being brainstormed right now

05:23about the potential integration.

05:25Would you be willing to be accepted initially without your full voting rights?

05:31I would say that this is hardly acceptable, especially since, as I said,

05:36for years we have been aligned and why we will not continue to be aligned.

05:40This is a very abstract and theoretical question.

05:45And, of course, we do not want to be victims of anybody else who thinks differently.

05:50So, so far, Montenegro has been aligned.

05:53has given its contribution to every decision of the European Union

05:58regarding its foreign and security policy

06:00and we actually want to contribute to it more actively and not more passively.

06:05Another idea that is making the rounds here in Brussels

06:08is this concept of a probation time

06:11where a new country would join and would be trialed, in a sense,

06:15for a certain amount of time, maybe months, maybe years.

06:18How would you feel about that?

06:19Well, we've been on trial for the past 13 years

06:22and we'll be on trial until we close all negotiation chapters.

06:27So, once we close the negotiation chapters, as far as I'm concerned, the trial is over.

06:31I'd like to ask you a little bit more about the report

06:36that the Commission has just put out.

06:39It does ask you to clamp down on some things and to advance some reforms.

06:43It includes media freedom.

06:45It includes things like more coordination between ministers

06:50because you have quite a big government.

06:53How are you looking to address these concerns?

06:56Well, let me tell you first that, as we said at the beginning,

06:59this is by far the best report that we have ever received.

07:02But, of course, it's not perfect.

07:03If it were perfect, we wouldn't be a candidate country.

07:06We would be already in the top five most advanced EU member states.

07:11So, of course, some work needs to be done.

07:14But there is no chapter in which we had any sort of regress or backsliding.

07:20But, of course, there are certain recommendations

07:22that we want to take into account,

07:25not just regarding the coordination between the ministries,

07:27but also regarding showing even more progress

07:31in those chapters that concern the fight against organized crime and corruption.

07:37We are expecting to have a track record in final verdicts

07:41very soon until we finish the negotiations.

07:44We will, of course, update and upgrade the legislative framework

07:48that regards freedom of expression, media pluralism, and so on, and so on.

07:53But, as I said, all in all, I think this is a very good report

07:59and it is basically very similar to those reports

08:03that certain countries that are now members of the EU

08:06used to get one or two or three years before they joined the European Union.

08:10And, as I said at the beginning,

08:12this report is not just an introduction

08:14to a successful intergovernmental conference by the end of this year,

08:17but it is also a blueprint for the things that we need

08:20and want to do by the end of 26.

08:23I'm going to ask you to perhaps wear your hat of foreign minister

08:26in answering this question.

08:28But, how much of a geopolitical signal would it be

08:33if the EU were to accept Montenegro as a new country?

08:38And, how much of a geopolitical cost would that be

08:42if the EU failed to do that swiftly?

08:47The answer to both of the questions is huge.

08:50So, it would be a huge gain for the European Union

08:53to finally prove that countries that do their job

08:56and that are actually willing to accede, can accede

08:59and can become members of the EU

09:01because, as I said, it is the best policy that EU has ever had

09:04the very substance of the European Union

09:06because if the enlargement does not happen,

09:09not just with Montenegro, but also with other candidate countries,

09:12then the very concept of European Union loses its credibility.

09:16It is not European, it is not Union anymore.

09:18So, with Montenegro, the European Union is going to prove its very name,

09:23it is going to prove its concept, it is going to prove its values,

09:26and it is going to prove its geopolitical status.

09:28However, if that does not happen, then it is a big loss not just for Montenegro

09:34and Canadian countries, but for the European Union

09:36because the European Union will then fail the promises

09:41and it will lose credibility.

09:44For us, it will be a devastating situation

09:46in which we are performing all the reforms

09:48and are not becoming members of the EU,

09:50and it will be a horrible signal to all other Canadian countries

09:55because then they would understand that whatever they do is vain,

09:59and this is something that we cannot accept.

10:02Finally, Deputy Prime Minister,

10:04you come from a region where some countries have been

10:08in the waiting room for decades.

10:10Do you think it could be a pull factor?

10:12That is, could it send an important signal to the Western Balkans

10:16and encourage them to really accelerate their reforms?

10:21If Montenegro were to join,

10:23would it be a broader boost for that region of the world?

10:26As I previously said, if Montenegro does not join,

10:29it's going to be bad for the European Union,

10:31it's going to be bad for Montenegro,

10:33and it's going to send a very bad message

10:34to other Canadian countries,

10:36and it works the other way around.

10:38If Montenegro becomes a member of the EU

10:41according to the fair, strict, and merit-based approach

10:44that we fully support,

10:45and that has been also envisioned

10:47in the enlargement package that we saw,

10:51then, as I said, EU confirms its credibility

10:54and it boosts its geopolitical players' status.

11:00Of course, for us, it boosts our economy, rule of law,

11:04democracy, the feeling of our citizens

11:07that actually feel like they are there

11:10and they are knocking at the door.

11:11They just need this door to be open.

11:14And again, it will be a tremendously important message

11:17to all other Canadian countries

11:18because it will prove that hard work

11:23and political dedication pays off,

11:27to put it in those terms.

11:30But it will also prove all other voices

11:33that are not very friendly towards the Western Balkans

11:35and not very friendly towards the European Union

11:37that keep saying,

11:39whatever you do, you will not become member of the EU.

11:42So we need to prove those voices wrong.

11:45Minister, thank you so much.

11:47All the best with your reforms to come.

11:49Thank you for joining us on 12 Minutes With.

11:51Thank you. Thank you very much.

11:54Thank you so much.

11:55Thank you so much.

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