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Parliamentary majority for changing the Constitution: Montenegrins jump over the last hurdles to EU membership

July 06, 2026, 12:03 B. B.
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Montenegro is rushing towards membership in the European Union
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The government and the opposition in Montenegro have an agreement on changes to the Constitution, which will be a step in fulfilling the country's obligations from the European agenda.

Parliamentary majority and opposition in Montenegro agreed on Sunday evening to form a working group that will monitor the implementation of the law on internal affairs and the National Security Agency (ANB), as well as to intensify efforts to elect two judges of the Constitutional Court.

Delegation European Union (EU) in Montenegro on Sunday evening announced that the meeting represents a step towards strengthening the political dialogue and building mutual trust between the parliamentary majority and the opposition, especially in the context of reaching agreement on constitutional amendments and other decisions that require a qualified majority in the parliament, and all in the interest of the European future of Montenegro, writes "Vijesti" from Podgorica.

The source of that media, who attended the meeting on behalf of the opposition, said that most of the opposition's platform was accepted, and that the first vote on the amendments to the Constitution will be held on Tuesday, July 7.

Another source who attended the meeting on behalf of the ruling parties said that there will be no vote on changes to the highest legal act on Monday, July 6.

Cabinet of Jakov Milatović: We welcome the agreement

The cabinet of the President of Montenegro, Jakov Milatović, welcomes the agreement reached regarding the technical amendments to the Constitution, which represent an important step in fulfilling the obligations from the European agenda of Montenegro.

This was announced by the Cabinet of the President of Montenegro, Jakov Milatović, on the social network X.

"We expect the Assembly, at the same session, to vote on the election of the two missing judges of the Constitutional Court. It is important that this work be completed without further delay, so that Montenegro does not miss the moment when it has a real chance to finish the negotiations and become the next member of the EU," Milatović's cabinet said.

"Borba" portal: Continuation of identity engineering policy

On the occasion of this agreement between the authorities and the opposition, the Podgorica portal "Borba" published the article "Capitulation before Milo's legacy: Spajić and Mandić agreed to blackmail the DPS, all together against the Serbian language", reports the Belgrade-based "Politika".

The text strongly criticizes the announced constitutional changes in Montenegro, with the assessment that they leave no room for the constitutional positioning of the Serbian language.

According to "Borba", the most recently agreed constitutional changes, which, according to the portal's claims, "were approved under the patronage of the European Union", showed that within the current ruling majority, everything is possible and everything passes, except for the Serbian language and the rights of the people who proposed the changes in Montenegro.

The text assesses that it is a continuation of the policy of identity engineering from the time of the former President of Montenegro, Milo Đukanović, but, as the portal writes, in a new, European package.

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