Start Date For EU Talks Thrills Montenegro

All Montenegrin leaders and parties received the good news from Luxembourg about a start date for membership negotiations with joy, though they know negotiations won’t be easy.Officials in Podgorica have not disguised their joy following Tuesday’s decision of the EU General Affairs Council in Luxembourg to open membership talks with Montenegro.

The decision must now go for endorsement to the European Council,

“Today Montenegro and its people are winners,” Prime Minister Igor Luksic declared, comparing the significance of the historic event to the restoration of Montenegrin independence in 2006.Officials in Podgorica have not disguised their joy following Tuesday’s decision of the EU General Affairs Council in Luxembourg to open membership talks with Montenegro.

The decision must now go for endorsement to the European Council,

“Today Montenegro and its people are winners,” Prime Minister Igor Luksic declared, comparing the significance of the historic event to the restoration of Montenegrin independence in 2006.