MONTENEGRO: Settling for Independence? (ICG Balkans Report N° 107)
MONTENEGRO: Settling for Independence? (ICG Balkans Report N° 107)

Author(s): Author Not Specified
Subject(s): Governance, Government/Political systems, Inter-Ethnic Relations, Peace and Conflict Studies
Published by: ICG International Crisis Group
Summary/Abstract: The Montenegrin government and FRY President Vojislav Ko.tunica have presented different proposals to change the relationship between Montenegro and Serbia. In August 1999, the Montenegrin government adopted a .Platform. that envisaged a very loose union, in a single state, with limited joint functions in areas such as monetary policy, defence and foreign policy. In December 2000, a revised platform was presented by Djukanović.s Democratic Party of Socialists and its coalition partner, the smaller Social Democratic Party (SDP). This differed from its predecessor in the key respect that it envisaged a union of two independent states, with separate international subjectivity and two UN seats. In response, in January 2001 Ko.tunica issued a counter-proposal for a functioning federation, with considerable powers devolved to the two republics. Ko.tunica.s proposal was endorsed by Serbia.s ruling Democratic Opposition of Serbia (DOS).

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