Montenegro auf dem Reformweg
Montenegro on its Reform Course

Summary/Abstract: The text represents a speech delivered by the Prime Minister of Montenegro at the opening of a conference organized by the Southeast Europe Association on March 28-30, 2003, at Herceg Novi, Montenegro, entitled “Dialogue on the Future of the Western Balkan Region: Montenegro”. After the approval of the Constitutional Charter and the foundation of the Union of Serbia and Montenegro, the government of Montenegro has passed a comprehensive reform strategy, including reforms in the fields of economy, administration, and education. Besides other objectives, these reforms aim at harmonizing laws and regulations in Montenegro with those of the European Union. Without any doubt, the government in Podgorica had favoured the dissolution of the Yugoslav federation and separate independence of Serbia and Montenegro. But the Belgrade Agreement of March 2002 is regarded as a viable compromise under the prevailing circumstances. Montenegro is fully dedicated to fulfil its obligations taken on under the agreement. Yet, the new federation is seen as an atypical model of a state, requiring a differentiated approach in the SAP process of the EU. The assassination of Serbian Prime Minister Djindjić is regarded as a warning to European capitals and to Brussels that the Balkan region needs to be approached with a special precaution. Djukanović considers europeanization to be the only viable way for Montenegro, irrespective of the option of a referendum for a new state order after a period of three years.

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