La UE puede "perder credibilidad" si no se amplía, advierte el vice primer ministro de Montenegro

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La UE puede "perder credibilidad" si no se amplía, advierte el vice primer ministro de Montenegro  Montenegro es uno de los principales países candidatos a la UE y espera concluir las negociaciones de adhesión con Bruselas el año próximo. Si no se logra la adhesión del país, la credibilidad de la UE podría verse mermada y se enviaría una "señal horrible" a otros candidatos, advierte Ivanović.  MÁS INFORMACIÓN : http://es.euronews.com/2025/11/10/la-ue-puede-perder-credibilidad-si-no-se-amplia-advierte-el-vice-primer-ministro-de-monten  ¡Suscríbete a nuestro canal! Euronews está disponible en 12 idiomas

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02:12It 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

02:26in 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,

02:38but 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

02:58that 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 European Union

03:08into a geopolitical and geostrategic player.

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

03:16of the European Union and we are looking forward to becoming

03:19the 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.

03:42It's, I believe, a particular response to the way that some countries

03:46already within the European Union are using their veto power

03:49to block some foreign policy decisions.

03:51How would you feel about that?

03:52Would you accept that in 2028 Brussels would tell you

03:55you can come in to the club, you can join the club,

03:59but you won't have the full voting rights as all other member states have?

04:03Well, 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 the EU has certain needs

04:19of being reformed itself.

04:21However, we want this process, without interfering with it,

04:25to go hand in hand or in parallel with the process of enlargement.

04:29What we are aiming at is full-fledged membership

04:32into the European Union.

04:34And this is why we are doing all the so-called homework

04:37in order to qualify to 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,

04:49100% aligned with common foreign and security policy

04:52and it continues to be so.

04:55And we actually had a different idea

04:58to become regular observers at the Foreign Affairs Council

05:02because 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?

05:30I would say that this is hardly acceptable,

05:34especially since, as I said, for years we have been aligned

05:37and why we will not continue to be aligned.

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

05:44And, of course, we do not want to be victims of anybody else

05:48who 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

06:03and 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

06:13and would be trialed, in a sense,

06:15for a certain amount of time,

06:16maybe months, maybe years.

06:18How would you feel about that?

06:20Well, 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,

06:29as far as I'm concerned, the trial is over.

06:32I'd like to ask you a little bit more

06:34about the report that the Commission has just put out.

06:39It does ask you to clamp down on some things

06:42and 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?

06:55Well, let me tell you first

06:57that, 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 very soon

07:42until 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 to a successful intergovernmental conference

08:16by the end of this year,

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

08:49So, it would be a huge gain for the European Union to finally prove

08:54that countries that do their job

08:56and that are actually willing to accede

08:58can accede and can become members of the EU

09:01because, as I said, it is the best policy that the 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's not European, it's not Union anymore.

09:19So, with Montenegro, the European Union is going to prove its very name,

09:23it's going to prove its concept, it's going to prove its values,

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

09:28However, if that does not happen,

09:31then it's a big loss, not just for Montenegro and Canadian countries,

09:35but for the European Union,

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

09:41and it will lose credibility.

09:43For 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 candidate countries

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

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

10:01Finally, Deputy Prime Minister,

10:04you come from a region where some countries have been in 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 to other candidate countries.

10:36And it works the other way around.

10:38If Montenegro becomes a member of the EU

10:40according to the fair, strict, and merit-based approach

10:44that we fully support,

10:45and that has been also envisioned in the enlargement package that we saw,

10:50then, 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, democracy,

11:06the feeling of our citizens that 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 candidate countries

11:18because it will prove that hard work and 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 a 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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